El-Ashmunein Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
major city in antiquity and village in Minya Governorate, Egypt
About El-Ashmunein
Home to a big temple of the wisdom god Thoth, it was known in the Ancient Egyptian language asḫmnwKhemenu, the "city of the Eight Gods", and in Greek asHermopolis Magna, "the City of Hermes". It was a place of great resort and opulence, ranking second to Thebes alone. A provincial capital since the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Hermopolis developed into a major city of Roman Egypt, and an early Christian center from the third century. It was abandoned after the Muslim conquest but was restored as both a Latin Catholic (meanwhile suppressed) and a Coptic Orthodox titular see.
Top Attractions in El-Ashmunein
Explore the best things to see and do in El-Ashmunein:
- ★Hermopolis Magna archaeological site
- ★Hermopolis Magna's necropolis
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