Sidi Ismail

Sidi Ismail is a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. Sidi Ismail is situated nearby to the village Tuna el-Gebel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuna el-Gebel and El-Ashmunein.

Tuna el-Gebel

Village

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. Tuna el-Gebel is situated 4½ km south of Sidi Ismail.

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.

Sidi Ismail

Type: Cemetery
Also known as: “Sīdī Ismā‘īl”, “Sîdi Ismâ‘îl el Sibâ”, “Sīdī Ismā‘īl, Sidi Ismail”, and “Sidi Isma`il”
Category: burial
Location: Minya Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

27.81667° or 27° 49′ north

Longitude

30.73333° or 30° 44′ east

Elevation

42 metres (138 feet)

Open location code

7GVGRP8M+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 768554412

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=grave_yard

GeoNames ID

348410

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“Sidi Ismail” goes by many names.

Arabic: “سيدي إسماعيل”
French: “Sidi Ismail”
German: “Sidi Ismail”

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