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Notes
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Capital Capital
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Waset
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(𓋆𓏏𓊖 Wꜣst) Also known as Thebes, capital of Egypt mainly during the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom; now Al-Uqṣur (الأقصر) ie. Luxor in Luxor Governorate, Egypt
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Settlements
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Men-nefer
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(𓏠𓈖𓄤𓆑𓂋𓉴𓊖 Mn-nfr) Also known as Memphis, capital of I͗nb-ḥḏ (𓈠) Nome and capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom
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Akhetaten
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(𓈌𓏏𓉐𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳 Ꜣḫt-I͗tn) Also known as Amarna, capital of Egypt under Pharaoh Akhenaten, during the eponymous Amarna Period
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Djedet
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(𓊽𓂧𓏏𓊖 Ḏdt) Also known as Mendes, capital of Ḥꜣt-Mḥı͗t (𓈰) Nome and capital of the XXIX dynasty
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Djanet
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(𓆓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓊖 Ḏʿnt) Also known as Tanis, capital of Ḫnty-I͗ꜣbtı͗ (𓈮) Nome and capital of the XXI dynasty
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Behdet
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(𓄑𓂧𓏏𓊖 Bḥdt) Also known as Edfu, capital of Wṯs-ḥrw (𓈷) Nome and main cult center of Horus-Beḥdetı͗
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Nekheb
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(𓇑𓅐𓎟𓃀𓏏𓊖 Nḫbt) Also known as El-Kab or Eileithyias, city in Nḫn (𓈸) Nome in Upper Egypt, main cult center of Nekhbet
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Khemenu
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(𓏽𓏽𓏌𓅱𓊖𓏏𓏤 Ḫmnw) Also known as Khmun or Hermopolis Magna, capital of Wnt (𓉆) Nome and main cult center of Thoth
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Nekhen
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(𓊕𓊖/𓊔𓈖𓊖 Nḫn) Also known as Hierakonpolis, capital of Nḫn (𓈸) Nome and capital of pre-dynastic Lower Egypt
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Gebtu
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(𓎤𓃀𓏏𓏭𓅂𓏏𓊖 Gbtı͗w) Also known as Coptos, Keft or Qift, capital of Ḥrwı͗ (𓈺) Nome and a major cult center of Min
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Tjenu
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(𓍿𓈖𓊖 Ṯn/𓏏𓈖𓏭𓌙𓊖 Ṯnw) Also known as Thinis, capital of pre-dynastic Upper Egypt, and of Tꜣ-wr (𓈽) Nome and main cult center of Anhur
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Per-Atum
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(𓉐𓏤𓇋𓍃𓐝𓏏/𓉐𓏤𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏𓊖 Pr-I͗tmt) Also known as Pithom or Heroonpolis, capital of Ḥww-gs-ı͗ꜣbty (𓈨) Nome and main cult center of Atum
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Abdju
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(𓍋𓃀𓈋𓊖 Ꜣbḏw) Also known as Abydos or Afūd, city in Tꜣ-wr (𓈽) Nome and main cult center of Isis and Osiris
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Zau
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(𓊃𓅭𓄿𓅱𓊖 Zꜣw) Also known as Sai, Sais or Sa El-Hagar, capital of Nt-mḥtt (𓈤/𓈥) Nome and main cult center of Neith, and the capital of the XXVI Dynasty, the last native Egyptian dynasty before the Persian conquest of Egypt by Cambyses II
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Ipu
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(𓇋𓊪𓅱𓊖 I͗pw) Also known as Akhmim or Panopolis, capital of Mnw (𓈾) Nome and a major cult center of Min
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Khito
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Also known as Rosetta, Rashīd or Bolbitine, city in I͗mntt (𓈢) Nome
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Swenett
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(𓋴𓃹𓈖𓏏𓊖 Swnt) Also known as Aswan or Syene, city in Tꜣ-stı͗ (𓈶) Nome
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Per-Hathor
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(𓉐𓉗𓁷𓅃 Pr-Ḥwt-Ḥrw) Also known as Inerty, Al-Gebelein, Pathyris or Aphroditopolis, city in Nḫn (𓈸) Nome and a major cult center of Hathor
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Abu
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(𓍋𓃀𓅱𓃰 Ꜣbw) Also known as Elephantine, capital of Tꜣ-stı͗ (𓈶) Nome and main cult center of Satis
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Hut-waret
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(𓉞𓏏𓉐𓂾𓏏𓊖 Ḥwt-wꜥrt) Also known as Avaris, city in I͗mty-pḥw (𓈴) Nome and capital of the XV Dynasty, aka. the Hyksos
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Djerty
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(𓇥𓂋𓏏𓏭𓊖 Ḏrty) Also known as El-Tod or Tuphium, city in Nḫn (𓈸) Nome and main cult center of Montu
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Per-Bast
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(𓉐𓅡𓊨𓏏𓊖 Pr-bꜢstt) Also known as Bubastis, capital of I͗mtı͗-Ḫnty (𓈳) Nome and main cult center of Bastet
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Nubt
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(𓎟𓃀𓏏𓊖 Nbt) Also known as Kom Ombo or Ombis, city in Tꜣ-stı͗ (𓈶) Nome and a major cult center of Sobek
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Thonis
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(𓇾𓎺𓏏𓂫 Tꜣ-Ḥnt) Also known as Heracleum or Heracleion, city in Ḥww-gs-ı͗mntı͗ (𓈧) Nome and main cult center of Khonsu, son of Amun
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Per-Wadjet
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(𓉐𓏤𓇅𓆓𓏏𓊖 Pr-WꜢḏt) Two different cities, one, also known as Aphroditopolis, was a city in WꜢḏt (𓈿/𓉀) Nome, the other, also known as Buto, was a city in Ḥww-gs-ı͗mntı͗ (𓈧) Nome, both being major cult centers of Wadjet
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Dehenet
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Shortening of Tꜣ-Dhnt (𓇾𓂧𓉔𓈖𓏏𓁶), also known as Mr-Nfrt (𓌻𓂋𓈘𓄤𓏏𓊖), Pr-I͗mn-Mꜣt-ḫnty (𓉐𓇋𓏠𓈖𓁩𓌳𓁹𓏏𓃬𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭), or Akroris, city in I͗npw (𓉈) Nome
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Per-Amun
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(𓉐𓇋𓏠𓈖𓁩 Pr-I͗mn) Also known as Pelusium or Sin, city in Ḫnty-I͗ꜣbtı͗ (𓈮) Nome and site of the decisive victory of Cambyses II during his conquest of Egypt
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Ta-senet
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(𓇾𓊃𓈖𓏭𓏏𓊖 Tꜣ-Znyt) Also known as I͗wnyt (𓉺𓈖𓇌𓏏𓊖), Latopolis or Esna, city in Nḫn (𓈸) Nome
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Henen-Nesut
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(𓉗𓏏𓉐𓈖𓇓𓏏𓀔𓈖𓈖𓏏𓊖 Ḥwt-nn-Nswt) Also known as Heracleopolis Magna, capital of Nꜥrt-ḫntt (𓉌) Nome and main cult center of Heryshef
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Per-Ramesses
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(𓉐𓏤𓇳𓄟𓋴𓋴 Pr-Rꜥmssw) Also known as Pi-Ramesses, city in I͗mty-pḥw (𓈴) Nome and capital of the XIX Dynasty following the rule of Ramesses II, as well as of the XX Dynasty
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