Minya Governorate

Egypt

Minya Governorate connects to 4080 places across 12 topics through 50 Bunkabop connections, drawing on ancient history, industry, religion, and archaeology. The governorate's stretch of the Nile Valley held Akhenaten's city, where the pharaoh lived in isolation with Nefertiti practicing monotheistic religion, and Beni Hasan's 390 rock-cut tombs from the Middle Kingdom. Rome, Italy shares many connections with the region, partly through Antinopolis, the city Hadrian built in 130 AD. Coptic Christianity adds a distinct thread, centered on the Monastery of the Virgin Mary at Gebel el-Teir near Samalut.