
Village in Minya Governorate, Egypt
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El Ashmunein is 44 km south of Minya in Middle Egypt.
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The only remnant of the temple is the portico, consisting of a double row of pillars, six in each row. There is a small open-air museum in which stand two massive statues of Thoth as a baboon worshipping the sun, and a few carved blocks of masonry. Outside the temple complex stand the remains of a basilica, built in the 5th century over earlier buildings.
Its oldest monument is one of the Boundary Stelae of Akhetaten, up in the cliffs, protected by glass, which makes it quite difficult to see properly, but prevents further erosion. The tomb of the 4th century BC high priest Petosiris is famous since antiquity. A collective tomb of senior officials and high priests of Thoth was discovered in January, 2020.
The town is 44 km south of Minya and 8 km north of Mallawi. Both of these cities are served by railway services.
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