Tuna el-Gebel
Tuna el-Gebel was the necropolis of Khmun. 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. Tuna el-Gebel is located in Al Minya Governorate in Middle Egypt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: archaeological site in Middle Egypt
- Also known as: “Tuna al Gabal”, “Tûna el Gabal”, “Tûna el Gabal, Tuna al Gabal, Tunah al Jabal”, “Tunah al Jabal”, “Tūnah al Jabal”, and “Tūnah al-Jabal”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Ashmunein.
El-Ashmunein
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hermopolis was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt. Its Egyptian name Khemenu derives from the eight deities said to reside in the city.
Tuna el-Gebel
- Categories: Ancient Egyptian necropolis and locality
- Location: Minya Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
27.775° or 27° 46′ 30″ northLongitude
30.74028° or 30° 44′ 25″ eastElevation
48 metres (157 feet)Open location code
7GVGQPGR+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 768554348OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Tuna el-Gebel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تونة الجبل”
- Arabic: “تونة الجبل”
- Catalan: “Tuna al-Djebel”
- Dutch: “Tuna el-Gebel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تونه الجبل”
- French: “Touna el-Gebel”
- French: “Tounah el-Gebel”
- French: “Tuna al Gabal”
- German: “Tuna al Gabal”
- German: “Tuna el-Gebel”
- German: “Tūna el-Gebel”
- Italian: “Tuna el-Gebel”
- Japanese: “トゥーナ・エル・ガバル”
- Japanese: “トゥナ・アル＝ジェベル”
- Persian: “تونه الجبل”
- Polish: “Tuna al-Dżabal”
- Russian: “Туна-эль-Гебель”
- South Azerbaijani: “تونه الجبل”
- Spanish: “Tuna el-Yebel”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tuna el-Gebel”. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.