Tuna el-Gebel

Tuna el-Gebel
تونة الجبل
Tuna el-Gebel
تونة الجبل
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 27°44′18″N 30°42′16″E / 27.73833°N 30.70444°E / 27.73833; 30.70444
Country Egypt
GovernorateMinya Governorate
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

Tuna el-Gebel (Arabic: تونة الجبل, Coptic: ⲑⲱⲛⲓ) was the necropolis of Khmun (Hermopolis Magna). It is the largest known Greco-Roman necropolis in Egypt, dating from the New Kingdom to the Roman Period, and seeing heavy use in the Ptolemaic Period. Tuna el-Gebel is located in Al Minya Governorate in Middle Egypt.

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