Busiris (Aphroditopolis) أطفيح | |
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ruins | |
 Limestone stele of Ankhhor son of Pimay son of Pasherienmut son of Nesmin. The stela is dated in regnal Year 22 of pharaohShoshenq V of the22nd Dynasty and depicts the deceased Ankhhor with the goddessHathor. | |
| Nickname: Tpyhwt | |
  Busiris (Aphroditopolis) Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates:29°25′N31°15′E / 29.417°N 31.250°E /29.417; 31.250 | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Cairo |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Busiris (Greek:Βούσιρις) orAphroditopolis was an ancient city ofMiddle Egypt, in theAphroditopolite nome, on the west bank of theNile, southwest of Aphroditopolis (the modern city ofAtfih).
Aphroditopolis is located 38 miles upstream fromCairo, near the ruins ofMemphis, Egypt. All that remains of the city is mounds and ruins, which were excavated byMatthew Flinders Petrie.
The city was known asTpyhwt duringpharaonic times,Βούσιρις (Busiris) inHellenistic times, Aphroditopolis during theByzantine andRoman Empires, Petpeh inCoptic, and since the Islamic conquest asAtfih.
Under thePtolemaic dynasty was the seat of theAphroditopolis Nome[1] and under theRomans was also seat of formerbishopric, inRoman provinceArcadia Aegypti.Knownbishops include:
It remains today a vacanttitular see.[6]
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