Tuna el-Gebel

Tuna el-Gebel
تونة الجبل
Tuna el-Gebel تونة الجبل is located in Egypt
Tuna el-Gebel تونة الجبل
Tuna el-Gebel
تونة الجبل
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 27°44′18″N 30°42′16″E / 27.73833°N 30.70444°E / 27.73833; 30.70444
Country Egypt
GovernorateMinya Governorate
Time zoneUTC+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]

Hathor capitals with a demotic script, sculptor models, Ptolemaic period, 323–230 BCE, from Egypt, probably from Tuna el-Gebel. Neues Museum, Berlin
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  2. ^ Lembke, K. (2010-01-01). "11. The Petosiris-Necropolis Of Tuna El-Gebel". Tradition and Transformation. Egypt Under Roman Rule: 231–254. doi:10.1163/ej.9789004183353.i-508.54. ISBN 9789004189591.
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