Letopolis
| Letopolis in hieroglyphics | |||||||
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Sechem / Chem Sḫm / Ḫm |
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| Greek | Λητοῦς Πόλις (Letous Polis) | ||||||
Letopolis (also Letopolis-magna / megale , ancient Egyptian Sechem, Chem ; demotic Sechem-Hes-ay ; Latin Letus ) is the Greek name of the ancient Egyptian capital of the second Lower Egyptian district Chepesch ; today's Ausim . The place is about 13 kilometers northwest of Cairo in the Governorate of Al-Qalyubiyya .
The main god of Letopolis, Cherti , owned a temple there, but it was not found. Various fragments of the temple bear inscriptions from Necho II , Psammetich II , Hakoris and Nektanebos I. In Letopolis, fragments of the well-known Naos of the Decades ( juice el-Henna ) with astrological inscriptions relating to 36 decades and valuable information were found included to the Egyptian calendar .
See also
literature
- Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800-950 BC) . von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 1176.
- Christian Leitz : Ancient Egyptian star clocks . Peeters, Leuven 1995, ISBN 9-0683-1669-9 .
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Coordinates: 30 ° 7 ' N , 31 ° 8' E