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Heliopolis, ancient Iunu

Heliopolis is the Greek name of Egyptian Iunu, at Matariya in northern present-day Cairo

The obelisk of Senusret I at Matariya in Cairo, at the site of ancient Iunu/Heliopolis, 2 September 2001. It belongs to the Middle Kingdom, in the twentieth century BCE; the monument’s date differs from that of this modern photograph
The obelisk of Senusret I at Matariya in Cairo, at the site of ancient Iunu/Heliopolis, 2 September 2001. It belongs to the Middle Kingdom, in the twentieth century BCE; the monument’s date differs from that of this modern photographRoland Unger / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SALicense · Related reference · Image source

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Heliopolis is the Greek name of Egyptian Iunu, at Matariya in northern present-day Cairo. [1]

It was a major center of Ra and AtumAtumAtum is an Egyptian creator god associated with HeliopolisGlossary · Click to read the explanation worship. Its name appears in studies of Egyptian creation; a tradition’s city association alone does not date or locate the origin of every element.

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  1. Digital Egypt, University College London, identity and context: Heliopolis, ancient Iunu. Description and source metadata Return to the text ↑

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