Article Series Egyptian Sites

Places

Prefectures / cities Monuments / Temples

Region

Lower Egypt / Middle Egypt Upper Egypt / Nubia

Location

The Middle Egypt is the central region of Egypt. In general, it is bounded from Qena ( Dendera ) to the south of Fayoum , about.

In antiquity

The religious city of Middle Egypt was Abydos , or Hermopolis. There was no real capital in this region, except perhaps for a period of slightly less than ten years, Amarna , located nearly Hermopolis.

The Beni-Hassan is a site of great interest. Y are buried many prominent figures of the Middle Kingdom , the pearl of the Middle Egypt, however, undoubtedly remain the temple of Seti ^I at Abydos.

Regions of Egypt, from north to south:

• Lower Egypt (and the Nile Delta )
• Middle Egypt
• Upper Egypt
• Nubia