Page 1: LOCATIONS WITHIN EGYPT.
Page 2: LOCATIONS OUTSIDE EGYPT.
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REGIONS WITHIN THE NILE VALLEY.
km.t
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Kemet - the "black land"
The fertile agricultural regions of Egypt (annually flooded by the Nile).
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Dsr.t
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Djesret - the "red land"
The barren dessert, surrounding the "black land".
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idHw
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The Nile Delta
The marshlands where the Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
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SmAw
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Shema(u) - Upper Egypt
The region south of modern day Cairo and north of modern day Aswan.
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tA-mhw
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Ta Mehu - Lower Egypt
The region north of modern day Cairo, comprising the entire Nile Delta.
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tA.wy
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Tawy - United Egypt
The united "two lands" of Upper and Lower Egypt.
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TERRITORIES OUTSIDE THE NILE VALLEY.
pA-ym
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The Fayum region ("the sea" of Lake Moeris).
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Sy-wr
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The ("great lake") Lake Moeris.
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sx.t-imAw
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The Siwa Oasis ("field of trees").
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DsDs
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The Bahariya Oasis.
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wHAt
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The Dakhla Oasis.
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knm(.t)
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The El-Kharga Oasis.
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mfkA.t
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The Sinai peninsula (an important source of "mafkat" turquoise).
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NEW KINGDOM CITIES.
Egyptian name
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Greek / Latin name
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Modern name
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General location
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Abw (Abu)
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Elephantine
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Elephantine
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Upper Egypt (1st nome)
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AbDw (Abdju)
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Abydos
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El-Araba el-Madfunah
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Upper Egypt (8th nome)
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Ax.t-itn (Akhetaten)
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-
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Tell el-Amarna
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Upper Egypt (15th nome)
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iw-mitrw
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-
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Naga Aulad Dahmash
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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iw-nfr(w.t)
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-
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El-Nahariyah
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Lower Egypt (4th nome)
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iw-SnSn
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-
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El-Khizam
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Upper Egypt (5th nome)
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iwn.t (Iunet)
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Tentyris / Aphroditopolis
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Dendera
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Upper Egypt (6th nome)
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iwny
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Ermonthis
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Armant
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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iwny.t mHy.t
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-
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Gebelein
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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iwny.t (rsy.t)
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Latopolis
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Esnah
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Upper Egypt (3rd nome)
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iwnw (Iunu)
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Heliopolis
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El-Matariyah
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Lower Egypt (13th nome)
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ipw
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Panopolis
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Akhmim
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Upper Egypt (9th nome)
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ip.t-rsy.t (Ipet-resyt)
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-
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Luxor (temple)
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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ip.t-sw.t (Ipet-sut)
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-
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Karnak
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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im.t
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-
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Tell Nebesheh
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Lower Egypt (19th nome)
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imA.w
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Momemphis
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El-Tud
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Lower Egypt (3rd nome)
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inb-HD (Ineb-hedj)
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Memphis
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Mit-Rahineh
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Lower Egypt (1st nome)
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inr.ty
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-
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Gebelein
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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iT-tA.wy (Itj-tawy)
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-
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El-Lisht
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Upper Egypt (21st nome)
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wAs.t (Waset)
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Thebes (Diospolis Magna)
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Luxor (town)
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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wnw
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-
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El-Ashmunein
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Upper Egypt (15th nome)
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wnw
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-
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Damanhur-South
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Lower Egypt (7th nome)
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wns
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?
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?
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Upper Egypt (19th nome)
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bArs.t (Bast)
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Bubastis
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Tell Basta
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Lower Egypt (18th nome)
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bAs.t (Bast)
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Bubastis
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Tell Basta
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Lower Egypt (18th nome)
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bHd.t (Behdet)
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Apollinopolis
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Edfu
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Upper Egypt (2nd nome)
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bHd.t (Behdet)
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Diospolis
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Tell el-Balamun
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Lower Egypt (17th nome)
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p (Pe)
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-
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Tell el-Faraun
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Lower Egypt (6th nome)
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pA-dmi-Hr
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Hermopolis Parva
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Damanhur
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Lower Egypt (7th nome)
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pA-Sna
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-
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Abutig
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Upper Egypt (10th nome)
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pi-rmsw (Pi-ramesse)
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-
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Qantir
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Lower Egypt (14th nome)
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pr-wADy.t (Djebaut)
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Bouto
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Tell el-Faraun
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Lower Egypt (6th nome)
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pr-wsir-nb-Ddw (Djedu)
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Busiris
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Abu Sir Bana
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Lower Egypt (9th nome)
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pr-bA-nb-Dd.t (Djedet)
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Mendes
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Tell er-Roba
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Lower Egypt (16th nome)
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pr-bArs.t (Bast)
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Bubastis
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Tell Basta
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Lower Egypt (18th nome)
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pr mHy.t wbn
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-
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Naga el-Menshayish
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Upper Egypt (8th nome)
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pr-nmty
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-
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El-Ataulah
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Upper Egypt (12th nome)
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pr-mDd
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Oxyrhynchus
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El-Bahnassah
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Upper Egypt (19th nome)
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pr-nb.t-imA.w
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-
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Kom el-Hisn
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Lower Egypt (3rd nome)
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pr-Hapy-n-iwn
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Babylonia Stratonicidi
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Fustat
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Lower Egypt (13th nome)
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pr-Hw.t-Hr
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Pathyris / Aphroditopolis
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Gebelein
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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pr-Hw.t-Hr
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Speos Artemidos
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Beni Hassan
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Upper Egypt (16th nome)
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pr-Hw.t-Hr nbt mfk(A).t
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Terenuthis
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Tarranah
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Lower Egypt (3rd nome)
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pr HfA
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-
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El-Moallah
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Upper Egypt (3rd nome)
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pr-spdw
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-
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Saft el-Hennah
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Lower Egypt (20th nome)
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pr-tm(w)
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Pithom
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Tell el-Maskhutah
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Lower Egypt (8th nome)
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pr-gwt
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Kanopos
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Abuqir
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Lower Egypt (3rd nome)
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pr-dmi-Hr
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Hermopolis Parva
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Damanhur
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Lower Egypt (7th nome)
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pr-DADA
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-
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Abu Tisht
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Upper Egypt (8th nome)
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pr-DHwty
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Hermopolis Parva
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El-Baqliyah
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Lower Egypt (15th nome)
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mAdw
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-
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Nag el-Medamud
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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miqr
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?
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?
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Upper Egypt (11th nome)
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mn-nfr (Mennefer)
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Memphis
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Mit-Rahineh
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Lower Egypt (1st nome)
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mr-wr
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-
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Kom Medinet Gurob
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Fayum
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mr-tm(w)
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-
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Meidum
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Upper Egypt (21st nome)
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msn
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-
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Tell Abu Seifa
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Lower Egypt (14th nome)
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msn
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Apollinopolis
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Edfu
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Upper Egypt (2nd nome)
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msdy.t
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-
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Tell Um Harb
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Lower Egypt (10th nome)
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mDdn
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-
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Deir Dronka
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Upper Egypt (13th nome)
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nAy tA Hw.t
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Leontopolis
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Tell el-Yahudiyah
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Lower Egypt (13th nome)
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nwb.t (Nubt)
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(Northern) Ombos
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Nagada
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Upper Egypt (5th nome)
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nby.t (Nebyt)
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(Southern) Ombos
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Kom Ombo
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Upper Egypt (1st nome)
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nbsy.t
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-
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Er-Rizeiqat
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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nn-nsw
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Herakleopolis Magna
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Ihnassiah el-Medineh
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Upper Egypt (20th nome)
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nxb (Nekheb)
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Eleithyaspolis
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El-Kab
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Upper Egypt (3rd nome)
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nxn (Nekhen)
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Hierakonpolis
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Kom el-Ahmar
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Upper Egypt (3rd nome)
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r(A)-in.t
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-
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Tihnah
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Upper Egypt (16th nome)
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Hw.t-war.t (Hut-waret)
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Avaris
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Tell el-Dab'a
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Lower Egypt (14th nome)
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Hw.t-bnw
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-
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Beni Samit
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Upper Egypt (18th nome)
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Hw.t-nsw
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-
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Kom el-Ahmar Sawaris
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Upper Egypt (18th nome)
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Hw.t-rpy.t
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Athribis
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Uannina
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Upper Egypt (9th nome)
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Hw.t snfrw
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-
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Asfun el-Matainah
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Upper Egypt (3rd nome)
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Hw.t-Sxm
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Diospolis Parva
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Hu
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Upper Egypt (7th nome)
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Hw.t-tA-Hry-ib
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Athribis
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Tell Athrib
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Lower Egypt (10th nome)
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Hby.t
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Iseum
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Behbeit el-Hagar
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Lower Egypt (12th nome)
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Hbnw
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-
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Kom el-Ahmar
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Upper Egypt (16th nome)
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HfA.t
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-
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El-Moallah
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Upper Egypt (3rd nome)
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Hnw
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-
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El-Qais
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Upper Egypt (17th nome)
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Hr-wr
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-
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Hur
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Upper Egypt (15th nome)
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Hr-dw
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Kynopolis
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Hardaï
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Upper Egypt (17th nome)
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xA d(w)
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-
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Naga el-Guzariyah
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Upper Egypt (6th nome)
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xAsww (Khasut)
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Xoïs
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Sakha
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Lower Egypt (6th nome)
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xay.t
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-
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Manqabat
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Upper Egypt (13th nome)
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xm (Chem)
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Letopolis
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Ausim
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Lower Egypt (2nd nome)
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xmnw (Chemnu)
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Hermopolis
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El-Ashmunein
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Upper Egypt (15th nome)
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xnt-mn(w)
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Panopolis
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Akhmim
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Upper Egypt (9th nome)
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Xny
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-
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Gebel es-Silsileh
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Upper Egypt (1st nome)
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sAw
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Saïs
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Sa el-Hagar
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Lower Egypt (5th nome)
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sAw.t
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Lycopolis
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Assiut
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Upper Egypt (13th nome)
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sAkA
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-
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El-Qais
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Upper Egypt (17th nome)
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swnw (Sunu)
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Syene
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Aswan
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Upper Egypt (1st nome)
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swnw n(y) sbk
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-
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Er-Rizeiqat
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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smA-bHd.t
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Diospolis
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Tell el-Balamun
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Lower Egypt (17th nome)
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smnw-Hr
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Akanthon
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Kafr Ammar
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Upper Egypt (21st nome)
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snAt
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Latopolis
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Esna
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Upper Egypt (3rd nome)
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snmw.t
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-
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Bigeh
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Upper Egypt (1st nome)
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sxm
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Letopolis
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Ausim
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Lower Egypt (2nd nome)
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sT.t
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-
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Sehel
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Upper Egypt (1st nome)
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SAs-Htp
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Hypselis
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Shuteb
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Upper Egypt (11th nome)
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Sd.t (Shedet)
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Crocodilopolis
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Medinet el-Fayum
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Fayum
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Sdnw
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Pharbaethos
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Horbeit
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Lower Egypt (11th nome)
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qis
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Cusae
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El-Qusiyah
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Upper Egypt (14th nome)
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km wr
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Athribis
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Tell Athrib
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Lower Egypt (10th nome)
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gbtyw
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Coptos
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Quft
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Upper Egypt (5th nome)
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grg rA ms(w) sw mry imn
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-
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El-Balyana
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Upper Egypt (8th nome)
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gsA
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Apollinopolis Parva
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Qus
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Upper Egypt (5th nome)
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gsi
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Apollinopolis Parva
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Qus
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Upper Egypt (5th nome)
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gsm
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-
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Saft el-Hennah
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Lower Egypt (20th nome)
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tA-rm.w
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Leontopolis
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Tell el-Moqdam
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Lower Egypt (11th nome)
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tp-iH.w
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Aphroditopolis
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Atfih
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Upper Egypt (22nd nome)
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TAyw-DAy.t
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-
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El-Hibah
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Upper Egypt (18th nome)
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TArw
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Sile
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El-Qantarah
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Lower Egypt (14th nome)
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Tb-nTr
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Sebennytos
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Samanud
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Lower Egypt (12th nome)
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Tbw
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Antaeopolis
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Qau el-Qebir
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Upper Egypt (10th nome)
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Tbn
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Daphnae
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Tell Dafna
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Lower Egypt (14th nome)
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Tni
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Thinis
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Girgeh / El-Birbeh
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Upper Egypt (8th nome)
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Tkw
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Pithom
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Tell el-Maskhutah
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Lower Egypt (8th nome)
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dp
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-
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Tell el-Faraun
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Lower Egypt (6th nome)
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dmi.t
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Hermopolis Parva
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Damanhur
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Lower Egypt (7th nome)
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Dan.t (Djanet)
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Tanis
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San el-Hagar
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Lower Egypt (19th nome)
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DbA (Djeba)
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Apollinopolis
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Edfu
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Upper Egypt (2nd nome)
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Dbaw.t (Djebaut)
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Bouto
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Tell el-Faraun
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Lower Egypt (6th nome)
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Dr.ty
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Tuphium
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Tod
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Upper Egypt (4th nome)
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Dqapr
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-
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Kom Manus
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Lower Egypt (4th nome)
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Dd.t (Djedet)
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Mendes
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Tell er-Roba
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Lower Egypt (16th nome)
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Ddw (Djedu)
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Busiris
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Abu Sir Bana
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Lower Egypt (9th nome)
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