Apollonopolis Magna
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, jfu, R. Talbert, Nate Nagy, Gabriel Bodard
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History
The city of Apollonopolis Magna was located on the west bank of the Niles, south of Thebes. As the seat of Horus, Greeks regarded it as a site connected with Apollo. It served as the capital of the second nome of Upper Egypt.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/785974
24.9803375, 32.873196
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 34887 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Imagery location of the ancient settlement (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Apollonopolis Magna (750 BC - AD 640)
- Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις (Apollonos polis: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Behdet (English, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Edfou (English, modern)
- Edfu (English, modern)
- إدفو (Idfu: Egyptian Arabic, modern)
- None
- Temple of Horus at Edfu located near Apollonopolis Magna (304 BC - AD 300)
settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 B4 Apollonopolis Magna
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T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, jfu, R. Talbert, Nate Nagy, and Gabriel Bodard, 'Apollonopolis Magna: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/785974> [accessed: 24 April 2025]
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