Historical place profile
Apollonopolis Magna
The city of Apollonopolis Magna was located on the west bank of the Nile, 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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:785974
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:785974
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 24.977888, 32.872446
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The city of Apollonopolis Magna was located on the west bank of the Nile, 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.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 B4 Apollonopolis Magna
Source and reuse
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Research path
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