Akhmim's bride, Merit Amun
On the eastern shore of the Nile River in Sohag Governorate, stands the noble princess, daughter of the great Ramesses II, a descendant of the greatest kings of Egypt in its ancient times.
Beautiful, beloved of the great Ramesses, and one of the greatest queens of ancient history.
- Akhmim's bride, Meritamun, among the 111 sons and daughters of Ramesses II, was the most pampered and beautiful.
King Ramesses II preferred her over all of his children because she was his daughter from his beloved wife, Nefertari, and she was crowned queen of Egypt after the death of her father, Ramesses II.
There is a statue of the beloved icon of beauty, Merit Amun, in the beautiful city with history and archaeological monuments, Akhmim.
- The city and center of Akhmim in Sohag Governorate, one of the oldest Egyptian cities. It contains traces of the ancient Greek city of Panopolis. It was famous in the Christian era for its many monasteries. In the first Arab era, it was the capital of a separate region known since the Arab conquest as Kourat Akhmim.
Akhmim was the capital of the ninth region in the Pharaonic era
The city of Akhmim is famous for its hand weaving, and they called it “prehistoric Manchester,” after which the British city of Manchester was named.
The city of Akhmim was built 7 times over the course of Pharaonic, Greek, Roman, Coptic, and Islamic history.
Among the most famous Islamic monuments in the city of Akhmim are the minaret of the Prince Muhammad Mosque, the Prince Hassan bin Prince Muhammad Mosque, and the shrine of Sheikh Sheikh Kamal al-Din bin Abd al-Zahir.
The famous Egyptian mystic Dhu al-Nun is affiliated with it. Today, it is famous for its sugar and textile industry and is one of the important tourist sites in Egypt.
The city has many ancient Egyptian antiquities, and the statue of Meritamun, daughter of Ramesses II, was discovered in it, and the beginning of the Temple of Ramesses II was discovered under the Akhmim necropolis area. This temple is comparable in importance to the Karnak Temple, according to the words of Dr. Zahi Hawass.
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