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Ankhtifi (or Ankhtify) was an ancient Egyptian nobleman, administrator, and military commander. The nomarch of Nekhen and a supporter of the pharaoh in Heracleopolis Magna ( 10th Dynasty ), which was locked in a conflict with the Theban based 11th Dynasty kingdom for control of Egypt.
The town's only attestation hitherto comes from the tomb of Ankhtifi and it is not mentioned in other periods of ancient Egyptian history, rendering it a lost city. [3] Some Egyptologists place it south of the modern day village of Khuzam , 17 km (11 miles) north of Luxor .
Thinis (Greek: Θίνις Thinis, Θίς This [a] ; Egyptian: Tjenu; Coptic: Ⲧⲓⲛ; [1] Arabic: طين [2]) was the capital city of pre-unification Upper Egypt.Thinis remains undiscovered but is well attested by ancient writers, including the classical historian Manetho, who cites it as the centre of the Thinite Confederacy, a tribal confederation whose leader, Menes (or Narmer), united ...
Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is a bustling metropolis that sits on the banks of the River Nile.Home to an estimated 22 million people, the city has more recently expanded into a sprawling jumble ...
Amun (cult center) Luxor: Niwt-rst, Niwt-Imn, Nōʼ ʼĀmôn, No, Iunu-shema, Diospolis Magna, Ta-pe, Hundred-gated Thebes: Capital of Egypt during most of Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom; capital of its nome; foremost religious center: Per-Hathor (Aphroditopolis)
The Sinai Railway passes near the city, which crosses the canal through the El-Ferdan Railway Bridge and heads to Bir al-Abd. The city is also connected to the unified electrical grid of Egypt, and it is considered the first city liberated in the October War. In 2004, the city was subjected to an infestation of locusts. [5]
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Thirty miles from Cairo, a new city is being developed, home to Africa’s tallest tower. Critics question whether the money would be better spent elsewhere. A new city is rising in Egypt.