Hermopolis Magna/Schmun

settlement · 550 BC – 2100 AD

The capital city of the Hermopolite nome (the fifteenth Nome of Upper Egypt). The ancient Egyptians called the site Khmun after the group of eight divinities (Ogdoad) that represented the primordial world.

Coordinates

27.78136, 30.80376

Also known as

Achmounein (fr), Achmounein (fr), Chemenu, Ermopoli, Ermoupolis i megali, Germopol', Germopolis, Hermopolis, Hermopolis Magna, Hermopolis Magna, Hermou polis (grc), Hermòpolis Magna, Hermópolis Magna, Hmun, Schmun, Uşmūneyn (ota), alashmwnyn, ashmwnyn, oppidum Mercuri (la), oppidum Mercuri (la), Ἑρμοῦ πόλις (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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