Hut-nesu overview
Other name(s) Kom el-Ahmar Sawaris
Modern name(s) Sharuna
Region Egypt : Settlements
Section Upper Egypt
Latitude 28.59353685 N suggest info
Longitude 30.85926077 E
Status Imprecise
Info Hat-nesu is the capital of the 18th Nome (Falcon Nome) of Upper Egypt.The settlemet is shown to have existed since the Old Kingdom.

The appearance of Hat-Nesu's local god Neb-hut-nesu (Lord of Hut-nesu) changed during Egyptian history. In the Old Kingdom it was Nemti, in the New Kingdom it was Horus, and later until the end of the Greco-Roman period Osiris and Sobek.

Horemheb, who mentioned Hat.nesu as his hometown, called Neb-hut-nesu in his manifestation as Horus his personal protective deity.
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28.593537, 30.859261 === 28.593537 N, 30.859261 E === 28° 35' 36.7" N, 30° 51' 33.3" E
Nearest sites Per-Medjed, Oxyrhynchus, el-Bahnasa, circa 21.1 km (13.1 mi) west
Amphitheatre at Oxyrynchus, circa 21.2 km (13.2 mi) west
Tayu-djayet, Ankyronpolis, Teudjo, Al-Hiba, circa 22.4 km (13.9 mi) north
Chysis, Shusha, circa 37.6 km (23.4 mi) south-west
Dehenet, Mernefer, Akoris, Tihna el Gabal, circa 46.1 km (28.7 mi) south
Hat-nen-nesu, Heracleopolis, Ehnasya, Ehnas, Ihnasiya Umm al-Kimam, circa 55.2 km (34.3 mi) north
Tebtunis, circa 57.9 km (36 mi) north
Hebenu, Kom el-Ahmar, circa 60.3 km (37.5 mi) south
Mastaba at Zawyet el-Maiyitin, circa 61 km (37.9 mi) south
Menat Khufu, Tmoone, Minya, circa 56.9 km (35.4 mi) south
Kom Medinet Gurob, Ghurab, circa 68.1 km (42.3 mi) north
Dja, Narmouthis, Medinet Madi, circa 70 km (43.5 mi) north
Kerkeosiris, Al Gharq Qebli, circa 62.5 km (38.8 mi) north
Pyramid of Senusret 2, circa 72.3 km (44.9 mi) north
Queen's pyramid of Senusret 2, circa 72.4 km (45 mi) north
Beni Hasan, circa 73.3 km (45.5 mi) south
Kahun, El-Lahun, circa 72.7 km (45.2 mi) north
Hatwaret, Crocodilopolis, Hawara, circa 74.1 km (46.1 mi) north
Pyramid of Amenemhat 3 (B), Labyrinth, circa 75.7 km (47 mi) north
Pyramid of Amenemhat 3 (B), circa 75.8 km (47.1 mi) north
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Database ID 1306, created 1 Nov 2009, 15:41, Last changed 11 Apr 2011, 00:54