Places

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…

By Aileen Keenan The Coptic monastery in Bawit was founded around the year 385 AD by Saint Apollo. It reached its peak in the 7th and 8th centuries and was ultimately abandoned by the 12th century. Covering a total area…

by Jessica Izak Deir el-Bersha, named after the nearby modern village, is a necropolis and quarry site located on the east bank of the Nile, within the remote cliffs at the entrance of the Wadi Deir el-Nakhla. This site is…

by Jessica Izak El-Sheikh Sa’id is a small village in the governorate of Minya in Upper Egypt, located a few kilometres south of Mallawi on the east bank of the Nile. It is named after a local Muslim Sheikh who…

by Korbinian Ring For the Egyptian era, numerous deities and cults can be traced in Hermopolis. However, only a few cults can be securely located in the topography. In the temple district north of the Antinoite Road stood the great…

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by Linus Henrichs The Antinoite road runs from west to east as one of two main roads in the city of Hermopolis. It divided the city into a northern part, which was called the ‘citadel’, and a southern part, the…

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