Statue of Meritamon in Akhmim. Colossal statue of Queen Meritamon in front of the ruins of the first pylon of Mina Temple. Akhmim. Limestone, painting. XIX dynasty. Akhmim, an ancient city located in the province of Sohag on the right bank of the Nile, was once the vast and prosperous capital of the ninth nome of Upper Egypt. The ancient name of the city - Ipu or Khent-Min has long sunk into oblivion, and only a few people know about the city today - perhaps only professional Egyptologists. Meanwhile, Sextus Julius Africanus (an early Christian Greek-speaking writer, one of the first Christian historians) wrote in the III century. AD that the huge city of Mina, the ityphallic god of fertility and patron saint of the Eastern Desert, was one of the oldest in the country and gained significance in the era preceding the power of the pharaohs over the united Egypt. #iregipto #egyptpassion #discoveregypt #thisisegypt #egypt #MBPlanet #SameGreatFeelings #ExperienceEgypt https://www.instagram.com/p/CGSddiBnNmv/?igshid=lcaojy84cd5u
