place
Antinoöpolis
Also known as Antinoe, Sheikh Ibada
undated
27.8075, 30.8728 · Wikidata Q124281 P625 (accessed 2026-11-12) · On the map
City founded by Hadrian with major late antique Christian remains and papyri.
Wikipedia extract
Antinoöpolis was a city founded at an older Egyptian village by the Roman emperor Hadrian to commemorate his deified young beloved, Antinoüs, on the east bank of the Nile, not far from the site in Upper Egypt where Antinoüs drowned in 130 AD. Antinoöpolis was a little to the south of the Egyptian village of Besa (Βῆσσα), named after the god and oracle of Bes. Antinoöpolis was built at the foot of the hill upon which Besa was seated. The city is located nearly opposite Hermopolis Magna and was connected to Berenice Troglodytica by the Via Hadriana.
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- Antinoöpolis · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q124281 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1912) article · Various (Catholic Encyclopedia)Accessed 2026-11-12 · 1907-1912 text public domain in the US; dated and confessional, use for history of reception
- Pleiades place 756518 · Pleiades contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY 3.0
Authority files
- Q124281
- Pleiades 756518
- Library of Congress sh98003019
- Trismegistos 2774
- Catholic Encyclopedia 01564a
egypt · papyri