El Hiba
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El Hiba (alt. el-Hibeh;
Bani Suwayf
governorate.
History
From the late
Tanis. A massive enclosure wall was built at the site, with bricks stamped with the names of the High Priests Pinedjem I and Menkheperre. Earlier, the High Priest Herihor also lived and operated from al-Hibah. During the 22nd Dynasty, king Shoshenq I built a temple dedicated to "Amun-Great-of-Roarings" at the site, complete with a topographical list of cities captured during his "First Campaign of Victory" in Palestine; the temple is also decorated by his son, Osorkon I. The ancient settlement is at 28°47′14″N 30°55′16″E / 28.78722°N 30.92111°E
a little to the North of the modern town.
Today
Since 2001, El Hibeh has been the focus of ongoing excavations by a team of
2011 Egyptian Revolution, looters have been allowed to systematically plunder the site, digging hundreds of pits, exposing tombs, destroying walls, and leaving human remains strewn about the grounds.[3][4]
See also
Notes
- ISBN 0-85668-298-5.
- ^ "U.C. Berkeley Excavations at El Hibeh". nes.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ "Extensive looting at el Hibeh, Egypt - GHN Community". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "Save El Hibeh Egypt". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
References
- Daressy, Georges. 1901. "Le temple de Hibeh." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte 2:154–156.
- Feucht, Erika. 1978. "Zwei Reliefs Scheshonqs I. aus el Hibeh." Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur 6:69–77.
- Ranke, Hermann, ed. 1926. Koptische Friedhöfe bei Karâra und der Amontempel Scheschonks I. bei el Hibe: Bericht über den badischen Grabungen in Ägypten in den Wintern 1913 und 1914. Berlin and Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter & Co.
- Wainwright, Geoffrey Avery. 1927. "El Hibah and esh Shurafa and Their Connection with Herakleopolis and Cusæ." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte 27:76–104.
- Wenke, Robert J. 1984. Archaeological Investigations at el-Hibeh 1980: Preliminary Report. American Research Center in Egypt Reports: Preliminary and Final Reports of Archaeological Excavations in Egypt from Prehistoric to Medieval Times 9. Malibu: Undena Publications
External links
- U.C. Berkeley Excavations at El Hibeh Archived 2007-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- The Hibeh papyri vol. I, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, 1906 at the Internet Archive
- El Hibeh (el-Hiba) on Global Heritage Network
- "Save El Hibeh Egypt" Facebook group
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