Ancient cities of egypt
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This Ancient Egypt Map doesn’t do justice to Ancient Nubia, which is also important in relation to ancient Egyptian history. As you know, the name of ancient Egypt is “Kemet”, meaning “black land”.īut not to worry, if you visit, you’ll realize everyone knows all the different names of the different cities. In fact, Egypt itself has many different names: there’s of course Egypt, which in Arabic (the national language of the country) is “Misr”. While the ancient city of Heliopolis (which is close to the one where I live) is now called “Ain Shams” meaning “Eye of the Sun” in Arabic. …the Greek name means “City of the Sun”, while the Arabic name means “New Egypt”. These names are still in use today, but most of them now also have Arabic names.įor example – I myself live in a city called Heliopolis (not the ancient one), which is considered to be part of greater Cairo, but this city also has the Arabic name of “Misr Al Jadida”… You will also notice on this Ancient Egypt Map that many of the cities have Greek names. Abu Simbel – Home to some of the most majestic ancient temples build by Ramesses II.Philae – Home of the Ptolemaic Temple of Isis.Sehel and Elephantine Islands – Cult centers of the Nile goddesses Satet and Anuket.Edfu – home of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus.Heirakonpolis or Nekhen – Capital city and and cult center of the god Horus of Nekhen.Esna – Cult center of the god Khnum and his triad.Thebes – one of ancient Egypt’s greatest capital cities, now located in greater Luxor area.Dendera – site of the gorgeous Temple of Hathor.Abdydos – Cult center of Osiris and Isis.El-Amarna – home of the city of Akhenaten, as well as palaces, temples and tombs.Hermopolis – home of the Ogdoad cosmology (it was a border town between Upper and Lower Egypt).Some of the most important sites of ancient Upper Egypt: Meidum – Home of the Pyramid of Meidum.
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Memphis – One of ancient Egypt’s most important capital cities.Giza – Home of the three most famous ancient pyramids and the Great sphinx.Heliopolis – One of ancient Egypt’s main cult centers and home of the Ennead cosmology.Bubastis – Cult center of the cat goddess Bastet.Leontopolis – Cult center of Lionine deities such as the goddess Sekhmet.Alexandria – Capital city of the Greco-Roman Period of ancient Egypt.Rosetta – where the Rosetta Stone was discovered.Some of the most important sites of ancient Lower Egypt: Historical Sites on the Ancient Egypt Map Lower Egypt is the northern part of the country while Upper Egypt is the southern part.