Antinoopolis

by Michael Berndl The city of Antinoopolis was founded on 30th October 130 AD by Emperor Hadrian on the east bank of the Nile, about 9 km east from Hermopolis Magna. The city was named in tribute to Antinous, a young man from Claudiopolis in Bithynia, who drowned under mysterious circumstances in the Nile during…