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Akhmīm (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 26 33 44 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 26.5622 decimal degrees |
Long: 031 44 42 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.7450 decimal degrees |
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Note: An ancient linen weaving center that was capital of department of Ptolemaic Upper Egypt; center of worship of god Pan in Hellenistic times; sacked in Mamluk civil wars 18th cen.; has necropolises from 6th dynasty of 2345-2181 BCE. |
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Akhmīm (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Akhmim (C,V)
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Ekhmim (C,V)
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Akmiîm (C,V)
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Achmin (C,V)
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Akhmîm (C,V)
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Akhmûn (NA,V)
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Ekhmin (NA,V)
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Paloupolis (NA,V)
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Panospolis (NA,V)
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Chemmis (H,V)
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Ipu (H,V)
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Khemmis (H,V)
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Panopolis (H,V)
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Sūhāj (governorate) (P) |
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Akhmīm (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since the 6th Dynasty |
town (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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