Antinopolis

Antinopolis (also Antinoopolis Ἀντινόου πόλις, Antinoopolis or Antinoë, at today's Sheikh Ibada ) was a Roman city in Egypt, about 300 km south located on the east side of the Nile, opposite of Hermopolis Magna of Cairo.

Ancient Egypt

Antinopolis stood on the site of an older city. A dortiger temple was built by Ramses II. However, the remains of the temple be no more as to which deity he was consecrated information. However, the reliefs show often the god Thoth and Khnum rare. In addition, the foundations of a chapel of Akhenaten have been discovered and some of the graves there date from the First Intermediate Period.

Roman foundation

The Roman emperor Hadrian had Antinopolis newly built in honor of his deceased lover Antinous in October 130. The city quickly became one of the largest cities of Upper Egypt and was richly endowed with public buildings. She had a map with streets intersecting at right angles, from which the main streets were decorated with colonnades. There was a hippodrome, at least one bathroom with marble basin, a triumphal arch, three temples; two of them have been dedicated to the goddess Isis and apparently the Serapis. The cemeteries of the city yielded a lot of mummy portraits.

In 2013 it was announced that the archaeological remains of the city have been partially destroyed by illegal buildings and illegal excavations in recent times.