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Temple complexes tagged “hermopolis”

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder

Tuna el-Gebel

Late Period to Ptolemaic–Roman (600 BCE–200 CE) · Ancient Egyptian / Greco-Egyptian

Hermopolis ibis catacombs 1 km galleries, Petosiris tomb 300 BCE and Isadora shrine marking Amarna boundary.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city

Hermopolis Magna (El-Ashmunein)

Old Kingdom to Islamic (2600 BCE–8th c CE; peak Middle and New Kingdom) · Ancient Egyptian / Greek

Thoth metropolis 15 ha with twin pylon-city and baboon colossi of Thutmose III in quartzite.