Kafr Ammar

Kafr Ammar (Arabic: كفر عمّار) is a village in the Giza Governorate of Egypt.

Kafr Ammar
كفر عمّار
Landscape around Kafr Ammar, with the Bent and Red pyramids of Sneferu, Mastabat al-Fir'aun, and Pyramid of Pepi II visible in the background
Landscape around Kafr Ammar, with the Bent and Red pyramids of Sneferu, Mastabat al-Fir'aun, and Pyramid of Pepi II visible in the background
Kafr Ammar is located in Egypt
Kafr Ammar
Kafr Ammar
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 29°29′53.03″N 31°14′7.04″E
Country Egypt
GovernorateGharbia
MarkazEl Ayyat
Population
  Total10,360
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

The modern village is located on the site of an ancient city Acanthus (Greek: Ἄκανθος; in Ptolemy, Ἀκανθῶν Πόλις), also called Tenis (Ancient Greek: Τηνις),[1] on the western bank of the Nile, 120 stadia south of Memphis.[2][3][4][5] The town was in the Memphite Nome, and, therefore, in the Heptanomis. It was celebrated for a temple of Osiris, and received its name from a sacred enclosure composed of the acanthus plants.

Some scholars identify it with Egyptian city Shena-chen (Ancient Egyptian: Šnʿ-ẖn) or Shenou-anchou (Ancient Egyptian: Šn.w-ʿnḫ.w, lit.'living trees').[6]

See also

References

  1. "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  2. Strabo p. 809
  3. Diod. i. 97
  4. Steph. B. s. v.
  5. Ptol. iv. 5. § 55.
  6. "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 2023-02-23.

29.80°N 31.24°E / 29.80; 31.24

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