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was the Greek city of Apollinopolis Magna, and is a religious and
commercial center. Located about 33 miles south of Isna and 65 miles
north of Aswan, this is a friendly town which produces surgar and
pottery. It is also a hub of a road network. It was the capital of
the second nome (Horus) of Upper Egypt. The main attraction here is
the Temple of Horus, which is considered by most to be the best preserved
cult temple in Egypt, but there is a mound of rubble to the west of
the Temple which is probably the original old city of Djeba. The town
was known as Tbot by the early Egyptians, by the Greeks as Apollinopolis
Magna and by Atbo during Coptic times. It was the capital of the second
nome (Horus) of Upper Egypt.French and Polish teams have excavated
some of the ancient city, finding Old Kingdom mastabas and Byzantine
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