The Best Attractions In Abnob

Abnub is a city in Egypt. It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Asyut Governorate, several kilometres northwest of Asyut. As of the 2006 census, the population was 67,526. The city's name is derived from the Egyptian god of mummification, Anubis.Abnub is the birthplace of Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, leader of the Coptic church from 1971 to 2012.
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The Best Attractions In Abnob

1. Monastery of Saint MariMina Abnob
2. Beni Hassan Al Minya
Beni Hasan is an Ancient Egyptian cemetery site. It is located approximately 20 kilometers to the south of modern-day Minya in the region known as Middle Egypt, the area between Asyut and Memphis.While there are some Old Kingdom burials at the site, it was primarily used during the Middle Kingdom, spanning the 21st to 17th centuries BCE .To the south of the cemetery is a temple constructed by Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, dedicated to the local goddess Pakhet. It is known as the Cave of Artemis, because the Greeks identified Pakhet with Artemis, and the temple is subterranean.
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3. Tell el-Amarna Dayr Mawas
4. The Holy Virgin Mary Monastery Asyut
Simon the Tanner , also known as Saint Simon the Shoemaker is the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Lideenillah while Abraham the Syrian was the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
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5. Meir Monumental Tombs Asyut
6. Fraser Tombs Al Minya
The Fraser Tombs are a necropolis located 10 km northeast of Al Minya, Upper Egypt. They sit around 2 km south of Tihna el-Gebel village, which was an ancient limestone quarry.The rock-cut sepulchres date to the Fourth and Fifth dynasties of the Old Kingdom.These tombs were first discovered in the fall of 1853 by the German Egyptologist Heinrich Brugsch and first described by the British civil engineer George Willoughby Fraser, whose name was given to these tombs.The tombs belong to a 3 km long necropolis of the ancient town of Mer-nefer . The tomb owners were stewards of the royal estate. In the fifth dynasty, they were Hathor priests and there is a temple to Hathor nearby.Four of the fifteen tombs contain statues and carved hieroglyphics dating from the Old Kingdom. The most important of...
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7. Tuna el-Gebel Mallawi

The Best Attractions In Abnob

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