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Map of some Old Kingdom to Late Kingdom locations. Many location names are also known under different names which may not be given here yet. The branches in the Nile Delta are assumed from Old Kingdom maps.

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Changes in Place Names

Iunu - Heliopolis
Khepr-aha - Fustat
Inbu-hedj - perhaps a regional capital.
The following locations are very close to Kahun: Arsinoe, Hawara, Illahun, Gurob, Labyrinth, Medinet Madi, Ptolemais.
On File: The Kahun and Gurob antiquities on file include scarabs, clay impression, incised pottery, lintels, a granite altar, fragments, coffin glyphs from Illahun, the 20th dyn. Kahun Maket Tomb, the 22nd dyn. Illahun finds and the stela of Usertesen-Ankh-Tef-Pen, the Amenhotep III & Tutankhamen group, the Ramses II & Seti II group, blue glazed wares, plus a few other things.
Mit Rahina, ca. 30 km south of Cairo, was called Manf in Pharaonic times.
El-Lisht is located close to Meidum. The supposed 12th dyn. cemetery of Riqqeh is about 4 miles north of Meydum.

A more detailed excavation report by Donald B. Redford, `Preliminary Report of the 1st Season of Excavation in East Karnak, 1975-76' in JARCE, Vol. XIV, p. 9-32, contains the following subtitles: Description of the Area, Lay-Out of the Squares, The Saite-Persian Settlement, The date of the settlement*), Square A immediately prior to the settlement, The fill above the 18th Dynasty level, The temple of Akhenaten: Construction Features, The temple of Akhenaten: Relief decoration, Statuary, Identity of the temple.


*) The date was established on the basis of a large bronze coin unearthed low down in the dump above square AD. The description is as follows; Obverse: head of Zeus-Amon (diademed?), right. Heavily deposited; head appears small for size of fangs. Reverse: two eagles, wings closed, on thunderbolt; left: in field, left, cornucopia. Legend in capital Greek letters: Ptolemaioy Basileos. Condition: heavy cuprite deposits, re-deposited copper over entire surface; cuprous chloride deposits also present.
The coin represents the common 160 BC issue of Ptolemy VI (180-145 BC).


"The concentration of Mycenaen pottery at Gurob near the Fayuum (the area just south of Lake Moeris) may reflect one of the final destinations of the imports from Crete and the mainland. It is also possible that some of these women kidnapped from Aegean regions may have ended up weaving textiles at the harem of Gurob. It was also here that Ramesses Hittite bride ended her days." [Roger Matthews & Cornelia Roemer, `Ancient Perspectives on Egypt', UCL 2003, p. 97]

The location of Chenoboskion, site of the discovery of a number of leather wrapped Gnostic codices, is right on the opposite shore from Nag Hammadi. [BA, Feb 1961, p. 2-24.]

Wadi Hammamat is located east of Luxor.

The Dakleh Oasis is located west or NWW of Luxor. For great color images see Ancient Egypt, Jun 2007, p. 48-53.

The route of the Via Hadriana

The confirmed portion of the Via Hadriana goes from Sheikh Ibada (Antinopolis) located near Akhetaten east, past locations like Makareg Gharb, Makhareg (a little south of which lies Demsa Umm Ragaba), Tal'at al-Arta, Mahattit Ziyar Romaniya, Umm Suwagi, Bir Hawashiya, after which it turns SE toward the shore of the Red Sea without reaching it toward Milaha al-Nakhi until it reaches the shore at Abu Sha-ar, then going south a distance off the shore to Abu Ghariya and again to the shore to Wadi Safaga, Quel, Qusair al-Qadim, and then it is speculated keeps on going along the shore to Marsa Dabr, Marsa Nakari, Wadi Lahma until it reaches its end point at Berenike. [500]

The Memnon Colossi is 1 km east and Malqata 1 km SW of Medinet Habu.

The Tomb of Fetekti
The Tomb of Fetekti, located surrounded by several adjacent tomb complexes at Lake Abusir (near Saqqara), was first excavated by Richard Lepsius between 1849-1858. Since then its location had been forgotten again, but it was rediscovered in 1991 by Czech archaeologists. The tomb of Feteki is famous for its artwork which shows scenes of markets and transportation, judged to be of Old Kingdom times. [Barta, Mirsolav, The Czech's Institute's 10 years of excavations at Abusir South in KMT, Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring 2002, p. 18-28.]

Gebelin
Gebelin, Armant and Esna on the west bank are areas of numerous discoveries. Next to Gebelin are two mountains inside which ancients dug many tombs. The area is strewn with a ruin of a 21st dynasty fortress, elswhere with mud bricks bearing the stamped and baked cartouche of Thutmose III; there stood once a 3rd dynasty temple to Hathor; there were cemeteries of the 12th and 18th dynasties period. On the larger of the two mountains is a graveyard assigned to the Naqada I predynastic to the first intermediate period.; At Armant Akhnaton built a temple. Most recognizable is a temple of Cleopatra and her son Caesarion. [Ancient Egypt, Feb/Mar 2009]

Qar and Hetepi
Other, often large tombs, in the area are those of the vizier and judge Qar and members of his wealthy family (a son named Qar and Senedjemib, Ankhemtjenenet, Inty and Tjenty) associated with the pyramid complex of Pharaoh Teti, the massive tomb mastaba (ground plan 23 x 50 meters) of the non-royal priest Hetepi, judged to be of early 4th dynasty times. Its north facade is decorated with alternate niches and recesses. The tomb of Inty is also located in this area and mentioned in the article with images.
The article also mentions Nekhty, the corpulent Kaaper whose 5th dynasty tomb was found in 1959, Nefer and Kheretnebty. [Ibid. of above]

The Site of Quesna
The site of late period Quesna made discoveries for the priest Wajan Its history reaches from 30th dynasty times to that of the Roman era and tells the history of the locations of Tell Arib (Egyptian Hutheryib, Greek Athribis) which goes back to Old Kingdom times according to the author.



Notes & References

[001] The pyramid mound near Edfu (R. 1) is a small, now ruined step-pyramid described in Günter Dreyer & Werner Kaiser, `Zu den Stufenpyramiden Ober- und Mittelägyptens' in Mitteilungen des DAI, Band 36, 1980, S. 43-(45)-59, Tafel 72 a.
[0500] Steven Sidebotham, R. Zitterkopf, C. Hemls, Survey of the Via Hadriana in JARCE, Vol. XXXVII, 2000, p. 115-126. Shows B&W photos of examples of the route.

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