Explore Bani Suwayf in Egypt

El-Lahun: Located in the Faiyum, "Kahun" (Arabic: كاهون) is the workers village of the pyramid of Senusret II. It is located in the modern village of el-Lahun (Arabic: لاهون), and is often referred to by that name. The workers here both constructed, and were then part of, the funerary cult of the king to sustain the king in the afterlife ...
Distance to Bani Suwayf: 13.8 mi North-West - Coordinates (Lat/Lng): 29.23, 30.97

Sothic cycle: The "Sothic cycle" or "Canicular period" is a period of 1461 ancient Egyptian years (of 365 days each) or 1460 Julian years (averaging 365.25 days each). During a Sothic cycle, the 365-day year loses enough time that the start of the year once again coincides with the heliacal rising of the star Sirius (the Latin name for a star called Sothis in Greek, deified by the Egyptians as Sopdet; ...
Distance to Bani Suwayf: 22.4 mi North-West - Coordinates (Lat/Lng): 29.3, 30.83

Oxyrhynchus: : Ὀξύρρυγχος; "sharp-snouted or sharp-nosed"; ancient Egyptian "Pr-Medjed"; Coptic "Pemdje"; modern Egyptian Arabic "el-Bahnasa") is a city in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya. It is also an archaeological site, considered one of the most important ever discovered ...
Distance to Bani Suwayf: 44.7 mi South-West - Coordinates (Lat/Lng): 28.53, 30.67