Definition of Herakleopolis. Meaning of Herakleopolis. Synonyms of Herakleopolis

- Heracleopolis or Herakleopolis (Ancient Gr****: Ἡρακλεόπολις, Herakleópolis) or Herakleiopolis (Ἡρακλειούπολις) may refer to: Heracleopolis Magna in Upper...
- Lower Egypt. Herakleopolis became the prin****l city of Lower Egypt and was able to exercise its control over much of the region. Herakleopolis exerted such...
- Dynastic Period or the Old Kingdom of Egypt. The precise founding date of Herakleopolis is not known, but an entry on the Palermo Stone reporting king Den's...
- "Nephthys, Foremost of the [Booths of] Herakleopolis". A "prophet of Nephthys" is indeed attested for the town of Herakleopolis in the 30th Dynasty. Nephthys was...
- Eighth Dynasty is extremely obscure. The takeover by the rulers of Herakleopolis was violent and is reflected in Manetho's description of Achthoes, the...
- his side. Tefnakht then sent his coalition army south and besieged Herakleopolis where its king Peftjauawybast and the local Nubian commanders appealed...
- 22nd Dynasty Nimlot B, ruler of Herakleopolis, son of Shoshenq I Nimlot C, High Priest of Amun and ruler of Herakleopolis, son of Osorkon II Nimlot of Hermopolis...
- for territorial control and political power. By 2160 BC, rulers in Herakleopolis controlled Lower Egypt in the north, while a rival clan based in Thebes...
- which brought the Thebans into conflict with the 10th-Dynasty rulers of Herakleopolis Magna. Intef undertook several campaigns northwards, and captured the...
- Lower Egypt and northern parts of Upper Egypt from their capital in Herakleopolis Magna. A rival line (the Eleventh Dynasty), based at Thebes, ruled the...