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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Imau Temple of Sekhmet Alternative Name: Kom el-Hisn temple of Sekhmet, Temple of Het-HertCountry: Egypt Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Alexandria Nearest Village: Kom el-Hisn
Latitude: 30.795500N Longitude: 30.600363E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Temple in Lower Egypt (North)
Temple in an old Kingdom settlement dating to at least the 5th dynasty, when it was first mentioned. In antiquity it was situated near a branch of the Nile which has since shifted eastward, and it was also near the desert edge on the route to Libya. The name in Arabic means "Hill of the Fort," and this probably refers to the rectangular mudbrick temple enclosure of the ancient temple of Het-Hert, much of which still remained a century ago. Unfortunately, much of the site has suffered from agricultural expansion, with local farmers having removed most of the large earthen temple walls.
A statue of Pharaoh Amenemhet II of the 12th dynasty was found here. During the 19th Dynasty, Rames II renovated the temple of Het-Hert, and in the 22nd Dynasty, Sheshonq III expanded it.
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