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Location

  • Egypt, Akhmīm
  • geo:26.563896,31.744276

Period or year

  • -12xx? / unknown

Classification

  • vicus
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Panopolis

data access 3273

Akhmim was known in Ancient Egypt as Ipu, Apu or Khent-min. Herodotus

See:

  1. William H. Willis, Klaus Maresch eds.: The Archive of Ammon Scholasticus of Panopolis: The Legacy of Harpocration, Springer Science & Business Media, 2013, pp. 4-6
  2. Urban sprawl analysis of Akhmim city (Egypt) and its risk to buried heritage sites: insights from geochemistry and geospatial analysis.  By Mohammed Hagage  https://www.academia.edu/106227749/Urban_sprawl_analysis_of_Akhmim_city_Egypt_and_its_risk_to_buried_heritage_sites_insights_from_geochemistry_and_geospatial_analysis

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Creators: Entry created by Voorburg, R.J.J. (2012-05-29) , last updated by p. jeffries (2025-12-06), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/3273
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Suggested citation: Voorburg, R.J.J. and Jeffries, P., Panopolis. https://vici.org/vici/3273, accessed 2026-11-13.