Apollonopolis Magna

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

The city of Apollonopolis Magna was located on the west bank of the Nile, south of Thebes. As the seat of Horus, Greeks regarded it as a site connected with Apollo. It served as the capital of the second nome of Upper Egypt.

Coordinates

24.97789, 32.87245

Also known as

Apollonos polis (grc), Behdet (egy), Behdet (en), Behdet (en), Bḥdt (egy), Djeba (egy), Edfou, Edfou (en), Edfou (en), Edfu (en), Edfu (en), Idfu Baḥari, Idfu, Idfū, EOah, إdfw, <dfw (arz), Idfū Baḩri, Mesen (egy), Эдфу (rus), إدفو (arz), Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις (grc), Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις μεγάλη (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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