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Al Ashmūnayn (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 27 46 33 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 27.7758 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 48 21 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.8059 decimal degrees |
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Note: Khmunu, also called Hermopolis, was an ancient city dedicated to the worship of Troth, identified with Hermes; a religious center in the Ptolomeic period & during rise of Neoplatonism, also an active center of Christianity to the end of the 13th cen., when the city declined. |
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| Al Ashmūnayn (preferred,C,V)
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| Al-Ashmūnayn (C,V)
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| Ashmûnein (C,V)
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| Eshmunein (C,V)
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| Ashmunein (C,V)
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| Aschmunen (C,V)
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| Al Ashmūnīn (NA,V,English,U)
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| El Ashmūnein (NA,V)
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| Hermou Polis Megale (NA,V)
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| Hermopolis (H,V)
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| Hermopolis Magna (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Hermupolis (H,V)
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| Khmunu (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since ancient times |
| archaeological site (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Tūnat al Jabal .......... (ancient site) |
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(World, Africa, Egypt, Al Minyā) [7527004] |
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