City of Dmi-n-Ḥr (Damanhour) through the Textual and Archaeological sources in ancient Egypt

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Lecturer of Egyptian Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Damanhour University(Egypt)

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Delta ranked as a result of its strategic location a clear position in the history of ancient Egypt. It included many of the towns which have had an important history including the city of dmi-n-Hr (Damanhour). This research aims to study the town through textual and archaeological sources in the ancient Egyptian civilization, because of its importance in the ancient Egyptian history. It played an important role throughout the Pharaonic times. The elements of the research focused on determination the site of the town, its different names, studying of the most important textual and archaeological sources, which included mention of the town with reference to the potential names of the town of Damanhour and the most important objects that came out of it

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