Akhmin (Khemmis)

Location of Akhmin

Temple of Min at Akhmim

Akhmin (Khemmis) was a site  almost  300  miles  south  of  modern  Cairo,  described Khent Menu, or Apu by the Egyptians and Panopolis by the Greeks. Another name, Khemmis, was came from the  Greeks.  Akhmin  attended  as  the  capital  of  the  ninth nome and  the  cultic  center  for  the  adoration  of  the  god Min (1). The goddess Tait was as well observed in the city. A necropolis  dating  to  the  6th  Dynasty  (2323-2150 B.C.E.)  is  on  the  site.  Recent  construction  revealed  a statue of Ramesses II (1290-1224 B.C.E.) in Akhmin. A second  statue  drawn  Ramesses  II's  daughter,  Queen Meryamun. A  temple  dating  to  Egypts  Eighteenth Dynasty was likewise uncovered there. Egypts linen industry was  nurtured  in  Akhmin  in  late  eras.  The  Greek  scholar Strabo saw Akhmin in the Ptolemaic Period (304-30 B.C.E.).

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