Hu, Egypt

Diospolis parva (also Diospolis mikra "Little Zeus - city "; Egyptian Ḥw.t or Ḥw.t - SHM; Arab ھو " Hu " ) was an ancient city in Upper Egypt and the capital of the seventh nome of Upper Egypt. The Egyptian name Ḥw.t - SHM is occupied since the Middle Kingdom, the short form Ḥw.t since the 18th Dynasty.

William Matthew Flinders Petrie conducted excavations in 1898-1899 Diospolis Parva and took testimonies from the predynastic to Roman times. The material from the predynastic cemeteries of Abadijeh and Hu formed the basis of its relative chronology of the pre-dynastic period of Egypt ( Naqada I- III). Kathryn A. Bard undertook in 1989-1991 Diospolis Parva excavations at the Predynastic sites.

In Diospolis Parva of the Bat God was worshiped, which was later assimilated by the goddess Hathor. In addition, there was a cult of the City God Neferhotep. Later, especially the god Amun was worshiped, so the Greeks gave the city the name Diospolis as Amun was identified with the god Zeus. On the economic aspects of the temple of Amun is a demo matic archive of the temple belonging gooseherd from the early 27th Dynasty ( 497-485 BC) information. In Diospolis Parva there is a Late Period animal cemetery and remains of the temple of Ptolemy VI. and Nerva.

Northwest of Diospolis Parva is the famous for the Coptic codices found there place Nag Hammadi.

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