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Herakleopolis Magna
Ancient city · Egypt
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 40,001
- Coordinates
- 29.083, 30.933
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: archaeological site in Egypt
History
Heracleopolis Magna, Heracleopolis or Herakleoupolis (Ἡρακλεούπολις), known in Ancient Egyptian as nn nswt, is the Roman name of the capital of Noret-Khent, the 20th nome of ancient Upper Egypt. The site is located approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) west of the modern city of Beni Suef, in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt.