Private Journey To El Minya The Capital Of Egypt B.C.

Cairo

At 06:00 in the morning our tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo and transfer to private A/C the latest model vehicle to El Minya Egypt, a 4 Hours driving, After arriving El Minya Egypt start your day tour

Tuna el-Gebel

Tuna el-Gebel (Arabic: تونة الجبل, Coptic: ⲑⲱⲛⲓ) was the necropolis of Khmun (Hermopolis Magna). It is the largest known Greco-Roman necropolis in Egypt, dating from the New Kingdom to the Roman Period, and seeing heavy use in the Ptolemaic Period. Tuna el-Gebel is located in Al Minya Governorate in Middle Egypt. Tuna El Gabal was mainly the burial site of the ancient city of Hermopolis, or El Ashmonien as it is called today as it turned into an important archeological site that is visited by many tourists who travel to Egypt. Tuna El Gabal, and Hermopolis were the center of the worship of the god Thoth, the god of wisdom in Ancient Egypt, who was idolized as early as the predynastic period in Egypt. It was used as the necropolis of the fifteenth province in Egypt.

Beni Hasan (also written as Bani Hasan, or also Beni-Hassan) (Arabic: بني حسن) is an ancient Egyptian cemetery. It is located approximately 20 kilometers (12 mi) to the south of modern-day Minya in the region known as Middle Egypt, the area between Asyut and Memphis.: 120  While there are some Old Kingdom burials at the site, it was primarily used during the Middle Kingdom, spanning the 21st to 17th centuries BCE (Middle Bronze Age).: 8  To the south of the cemetery is a temple constructed by Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, dedicated to the local goddess Pakhet.: 128  It is known as the Cave of Artemis, because the Greeks identified Pakhet with Artemis, and the temple is subterranean. date to the reign of the Middle Kingdom in the ancient Egyptian history. These tombs were used as the burial place of many local governors of the region of El Minya during the ruling period of the 11thdynasty