Chemmis

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Chemmis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Akhmim, a historically significant settlement in Upper Egypt known for its temples and religious heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Chemmis canonical 2

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
historical place
settlement in Upper Egypt
ancientNameOf Akhmim
associatedWithMyth Horus childhood traditions
coordinateApprox 26.56°N 31.75°E
culturalSphere Ancient Egyptian civilization
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Hellenistic Egypt
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
dedicatedPrimarilyTo god Min
flourishedInPeriod Pharaonic period
Ptolemaic period
Roman period
GreekNameOf Akhmim
hasAlternativeName Panopolis
hasArchaeologicalSite Akhmim archaeological zone
linked to: Akhmim necropolis
hasDeity Horus
Isis
Min
hasHeritageStatus important archaeological heritage site in Egypt
hasLanguageInscriptions Greek
hieroglyphic Egyptian
hasModernEquivalent Akhmim
hasTemple Temple of Min
Temple of Repyt (Triphis)
knownFor cult of Min
religious heritage
temples
knownInLanguage Ancient Greek
locatedIn Upper Egypt
locatedInCountry Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
locatedInGovernorate Sohag Governorate
locatedOnRiver Nile
mentionedBy Herodotus
Strabo
nearModernCity Sohag
partOf Panopolis region
regionType cult center
religious center
religiousFunction center of fertility cults

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akhmim hasHistoricalName Chemmis
Panopolis knownAs Chemmis