• archbishopric of Metropolitan rank; it was renamed in 1925 Leontopolis, in 1933 Leontopolis in Augustamnica. It has had the following incumbents, of fitting...
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  • accepted as being Leontopolis, and therefore, the site of Oniad Temple. One problem is that Roman sources tell us that Leontopolis was 180 stadia (about...
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  • number of Jews settled. The Land of Onias, which included the city of Leontopolis (Λεόντων πόλις), was located in the Heliopolite Nome (Hebrew: אֹן ʾOn...
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  • Leontopolis may refer to: Leontopolis, also known as Tell el-Muqdam, capital of the 11th nome of Lower Egypt Leontopolis (Heliopolis), also known as Tell...
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    argue that they used Leontopolis as their capital. This is confirmed by Piankhy's stela, which locates Iuput II in Leontopolis. However, some historians...
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  • may indicate that she was also identifying with Tefnut. Heliopolis and Leontopolis (now ell el-Muqdam) were the primary cult centres. At Heliopolis, Tefnut...
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    Libyan control began to erode as a rival dynasty in the delta arose in Leontopolis, and Kushites threatened from the south. Around 727 BC the Kushite king...
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    Sekhmet at Taremu in the Delta region, a city which the Greeks called Leontopolis.[citation needed] The first known unambiguous reference to Sekhmet has...
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    accompaniment of song in the Egyptian language", thus the Greek name of the city Leontopolis was derived.[citation needed] List of Egyptian deities Kangla Sha Nongshaba...
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  • "Leontopolis" as another name for the same town. Both Wesseling and the contributor to Smith's Geography also believe that this is the Leontopolis spoken...
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    Bronze spearhead from Leontopolis, 2nd millennium BC, National Archaeological Museum (France)....
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  • Elephantine, used by Jews in Egypt until the 4th century BCE Jewish Temple at Leontopolis, used by Jews in Egypt between the 2nd century BCE and the 1st century...
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    Silsila in the Nile Valley.: 14  By contrast, the Jewish temple at Leontopolis was sacked in 73.: 14  In January 70, an uprising occurred in Gaul and...
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    Preceded by Tanis Capital of Egypt 945 - 715 BC Succeeded by Leontopolis...
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  • Lemnus (Lemnos, Greece) Archdiocese of Leontopolis in Augustamnica (Leontopolis, Egypt) Archdiocese of Leontopolis in Pamphylia (Ulupınar, Turkey) Archdiocese...
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    Tefnakhte of Sais, whose authority was recognised at Memphis—and Iuput II of Leontopolis. The known rulers during the Twenty-second Dynasty include: The rise...
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    native Egyptian rulers: Peftjaubast, Osorkon IV of Tanis, Iuput II of Leontopolis and Tefnakht of Sais. Piye established the Twenty-fifth Dynasty and appointed...
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    Peter's Basilica Siloam tunnel Siloam inscription Elephantine Temple Leontopolis Temple Samaritan Temple 'Ain Dara temple Ebla (Temple D) Emar temple...
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    the submission of the kings of the Nile Delta including Iuput II of Leontopolis, Osorkon IV of Tanis and his former ally Nimlot at Hermopolis. Hermopolis...
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  • Hut-hery-ib (Athribis) Banha (Tell Atrib) Black bull Horus 11 Ka-heseb Taremu (Leontopolis) Tell el-Urydam Heseb bull Isis 12 Theb-ka Tjebnutjer (Sebennytos) Samanud...
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    Canopus Damanhur Desouk Damietta El Mahalla El Kubra Kafr El Sheikh Leontopolis Mendes Mit Abu El Kom Mansoura Naucratis Pelusium Port Said Rosetta Sais...
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    Onias III, fled to Egypt and in c. 150 BCE built a Jewish Temple at Leontopolis (closed between 66–73 CE). Jason, son of Simon II, 175–172 BCE (the last...
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    canal. The town was the seat of a Christian bishopric, a suffragan of Leontopolis, the capital and metropolitan see of the Roman province of Augustamnica...
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    Iuput II (also spelled Auput II) was a ruler of Leontopolis, in the Nile Delta region of Lower Egypt, who reigned during the 8th century BC, in the late...
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    supposes that the Diocese of Isaura Nova was early joined with that of Leontopolis, the more recent name of Isaura Palaea which is mentioned in all the...
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    native Egyptian rulers: Peftjaubast, Osorkon IV of Tanis, Iuput II of Leontopolis and Tefnakht of Sais. He established the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of "Black...
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    Banha Tell Atrib, Attrib, Medeenet Ashaysh Capital of its nome Taremu (Leontopolis) 11th Bast and Sekhmet (cult center) Kafr Al Muqdam Leonto, Leontos,...
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    led to the Maccabean Revolt. Josephus records that Onias IV went to Leontopolis in the Egyptian nome of Heliopolis with a significant following, and...
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  • (Ancient: "Imu" or "Yamu") Kom-el-Gir Leontopolis (Yahudiya) (Modern: "Tell el-Yahudiya", Ancient: "Nay-Ta-Hut") Leontopolis (Modern: "Tell el-Muqdam") Naukratis...
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  • Twenty-first Dynasty Per-Bast (Bubastis) c. 943–720 BCE Twenty-second Dynasty Leontopolis c. 837–720 BCE Twenty-third Dynasty Sais c. 732–720 BCE 664–525 BCE 404–398...
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