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Leontopolis
Leontopolis is located in Egypt
Leontopolis
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LocationDamietta Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates30°41′N 31°21′E / 30.683°N 31.350°E / 30.683; 31.350

Leontopolis was an ancient Egyptian city located in the Nile Delta, Lower Egypt. It served as a provincial capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric. The archaeological site and settlement are known today as Kafr Al Muqdam.

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Leontopolis

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archbishopric of Metropolitan rank; it was renamed in 1925 Leontopolis, in 1933 Leontopolis in Augustamnica. It has had the following incumbents, of fitting...

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Land of Onias

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number of Jews settled. The Land of Onias, which included the city of Leontopolis (Λεόντων πόλις), was located in the Heliopolite Nome (Hebrew: אֹן ʾOn...

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Tefnut

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may indicate that she was also identifying with Tefnut. Heliopolis and Leontopolis (now ell el-Muqdam) were the primary cult centres. At Heliopolis, Tefnut...

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Sekhmet

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Sekhmet at Taremu in the Delta region, a city which the Greeks called Leontopolis.[citation needed] The first known unambiguous reference to Sekhmet is...

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Ancient Egypt

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Libyan control began to erode as a rival dynasty in the delta arose in Leontopolis, and Kushites threatened from the south. Around 727 BC the Kushite king...

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Zaliche

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"Leontopolis" as another name for the same town. Both Wesseling and the contributor to Smith's Geography also believe that this is the Leontopolis spoken...

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Maahes

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accompaniment of song in the Egyptian language", thus the Greek name of the city Leontopolis was derived.[citation needed] List of Egyptian deities Kangla Sha Nongshaba...

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Military of ancient Egypt

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Bronze spearhead from Leontopolis, 2nd millennium BC, National Archaeological Museum (France)....

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Bubastis

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Preceded by Tanis Capital of Egypt 945 - 715 BC Succeeded by Leontopolis...

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List of High Priests of Israel

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Onias IV, son of Onias III, fled to Egypt and built a Jewish Temple at Leontopolis (closed between 66–73 CE). Jason, son of Simon II, 175–172 BCE (the last...

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Jewish temple

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temples located in Ancient Egypt The temple in Elephantine The temple in Leontopolis The term may also refer to places called "House of Yahweh" A synagogue...

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Vespasian

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Silsila in the Nile Valley.: 14  By contrast, the Jewish temple at Leontopolis was sacked in 73.: 14  In January 70, an uprising occurred in Gaul and...

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Third Intermediate Period of Egypt

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native Egyptian rulers: Peftjaubast, Osorkon IV of Tanis, Iuput II of Leontopolis and Tefnakht of Sais. Piye established the Twenty-fifth Dynasty and appointed...

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Piye

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the submission of the kings of the Nile Delta including Iuput II of Leontopolis, Osorkon IV of Tanis and his former ally Nimlot at Hermopolis. Hermopolis...

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List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities

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Banha Tell Atrib, Attrib, Medeenet Ashaysh Capital of its nome Taremu (Leontopolis) 11th Bast and Sekhmet (cult center) Kafr Al Muqdam Leonto, Leontos,...

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Nile Delta

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Canopus Damanhur Desouk Damietta El Mahalla El Kubra Kafr El Sheikh Leontopolis Mendes Mit Abu El Kom Mansoura Naucratis Pelusium Port Said Rosetta Sais...

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Augustamnica

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Tents outside Gerra, the Tents inside Gerra, Thennesus, Panephusis. Leontopolis was the capital of Augustamnica Secunda. Ancient episcopal sees of Augustamnica...

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Art of ancient Egypt

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native Egyptian rulers: Peftjaubast, Osorkon IV of Tanis, Iuput II of Leontopolis and Tefnakht of Sais. He established the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of "Black...

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Babylon Fortress

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canal. The town was the seat of a Christian bishopric, a suffragan of Leontopolis, the capital and metropolitan see of the Roman province of Augustamnica...

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List of Catholic archdioceses

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Lemnus (Lemnos, Greece) Archdiocese of Leontopolis in Augustamnica (Leontopolis, Egypt) Archdiocese of Leontopolis in Pamphylia (Ulupınar, Turkey) Archdiocese...

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Isauria

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supposes that the Diocese of Isaura Nova was early joined with that of Leontopolis, the more recent name of Isaura Palaea which is mentioned in all the...

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Zadok

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led to the Maccabean Revolt. Josephus records that Onias IV went to Leontopolis in the Egyptian nome of Heliopolis with a significant following, and...

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Isaura Nea

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juxtaposition with the settlement of Isaura Palaea. It also bore the name Leontopolis, and in later days was included in the province of Lycaonia. Along with...

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List of historical capitals of Egypt

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Twenty-first Dynasty Per-Bast (Bubastis) c. 943–720 BCE Twenty-second Dynasty Leontopolis c. 837–720 BCE Twenty-third Dynasty Sais c. 732–720 BCE 664–525 BCE 404–398...

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Lower Egypt

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Hut-hery-ib (Athribis) Banha (Tell Atrib) Black bull Horus 11 Ka-heseb Taremu (Leontopolis) Tell el-Urydam Heseb bull Isis 12 Theb-ka Tjebnutjer (Sebennytos) Samanud...

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