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Heracleopolis

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Heracleopolis , ancient city, N Egypt, just S of El Faiyum. One of the oldest Egyptian cities, it was in existence before 3000 BC and was the capital (c.2155-c.2050) of the IX and X dynasties. The temple of the local god was enlarged in the XII dynasty and again by Ramses II. Author not available, HERACLEOPOLIS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Sheshonk I
...c.929 or 924 BC, king of ancient Egypt, founder of the XXII (Libyan) dynasty. Originally a commander of mercenaries at Heracleopolis, he assumed (c.950 BC) royal authority when the weak dynasty at Tanis died out. A contemporary of Solomon, he offered Jeroboam... Read more
Memphis
...south of modern Cairo . Founded 2925 by Menes, it was by the 3rd dynasty a flourishing community. Despite the rivalry of Heracleopolis and Thebes , it remained important, particularly in the worship of Ptah . Beginning in the 8th century , it fell successively... Read more

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; ...Commission said. The agency said a federal court enjoined Telsys Communications, Inc., Home Shopping Partners and Eleazar I. Heracleopolis. The case ,involved an offering fraud in which the defendants raised money for an alleged Internet home shopping website... Read more
The Orange County Register, Calif., Business Briefs Column.
; ...Shopping Partners, Telsys Communications Inc. and Eleazer Heracleopolis, a Granada Hills resident, of securities fraud when they...About 39 percent of the more than $1 million raised went to Heracleopolis and members of his family, toward the purchase of a commercial... Read more
(book review)
; ...remind readers that good behavior is something that always has been valued, this little book quotes the words of a king of Heracleopolis, who wrote this to his son Merikare sometime between 2135 and 2040 B.C.: Instill your love into all the world, for a good... Read more
Letters from ancient Egypt
; ...Arsaphes help you and Ptah, South-of-hisWall, gladden you with life. May your standing be good with the Ka of Arsaphes, lord of Heracleopolis. I your humble servant, speak to inform you, that I, your humble servant, have sent this letter to learn about every favorable... Read more
Hellenistic Egypt: Monarchy, Society, Economy, Culture.(Book review)
; ...not a code. In the following chapter, Bingen reinterprets the Zenon Archive, P. Tebt. I 5 and first century papyri from Heracleopolis as highlighting the inability of Greeks to gain access to permanent land as a source of frustration as well as the inability... Read more

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