El Hiba

El Hiba

الحيبة
al-Ḥībah
El Hiba الحيبة al-Ḥībah
	El Hiba Location in Egypt
	Coordinates: 28°46′25″N 30°55′22″E / 28.77361°N 30.92278°E
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Beni Suef
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Tayu-djayet
in hieroglyphs

El Hiba (alt. el-Hibeh; Arabic الحيبة al-Ḥībah) is the modern name of the ancient Egyptian city of Tayu-djayet (t3yw-ḏ3yt), an ancient nickname meaning "their walls" in reference to the massive enclosure walls built on the site.^[1] In Coptic, it was known as ⲧⲉⲩϫⲟ Teujo, and during the Graeco-Roman period it was called Ἀγκυρῶν πόλις and Ancyronpolis. In antiquity, the city was located in the 18th Upper Egyptian nome, and today it is found in the Bani Suwayf governorate.

^ Kitchen, Ken (1986). The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100-650 BC), 2nd edition. Warminster, England: Aris & Phillips Ltd. p. 269. ISBN 0-85668-298-5.

[1] Kitchen, Ken (1986). The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100-650 BC), 2nd edition. Warminster, England: Aris & Phillips Ltd. p. 269. ISBN 0-85668-298-5.

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El Hiba الحيبة al-Ḥībah
El Hiba Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 28°46′25″N 30°55′22″E / 28.77361°N 30.92278°E / 28.77361; 30.92278
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Beni Suef
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	+3