Tuna el-Gebel تونة الجبل | |
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Coordinates: 27°44′18″N 30°42′16″E / 27.73833°N 30.70444°E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Minya Governorate |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Tuna el-Gebel (Arabic: تونة الجبل, Coptic: ⲑⲱⲛⲓ[1]) was the necropolis of Khmun (Hermopolis Magna). It is the largest known Greco-Roman necropolis in Egypt, dating from the New Kingdom to the Roman Period, and seeing heavy use in the Ptolemaic Period.[2] Tuna el-Gebel is located in Al Minya Governorate in Middle Egypt.[3]