Lepidotonpolis
Lepidotonpolis is the Greek name of an ancient Egyptian town in Upper Egypt under the modern village Nag' El Mashayikh opposite to modern Girga. The ancient Egyptian name of the place was perhaps Behedet jabtet - or Per mehit according to Gauthier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient Egyptian city
- Also known as: “Behdet” and “Lepidopolis”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jirja.
Jirja
Town
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Girga, alternatively Digirga or Digurga is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt located on the west bank of the Nile. It is the metropolitan see of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and is the oldest continuously-inhabited city on the African continent. Jirja is situated 4 km west of Lepidotonpolis.
Lepidotonpolis
- Categories: ancient city, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sohag Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Lepidotonpolis” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Лепидотонполис”
- Cebuano: “Lepidotonpolis”
- French: “Lépidotonpolis”
- German: “Behdet”
- German: “Lepidopolis”
- German: “Lepidotonpolis”
- Spanish: “Behdet”
- Spanish: “Behedet del Este”
- Spanish: “Behedet”
- Spanish: “Lepidopolis”
- Spanish: “Lepidotonpolis”
- Swedish: “Lepidotonpolis”
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