Letopolis

{{short description|Human settlement}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Letopolis

| native_name = Λητοῦς Πόλις
ⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ, ⲃⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ
اوسيم

| native_name_lang = el

| settlement_type = City

| pushpin_map = Egypt

| coordinates = {{coord|30|07|N|31|08|E|display=title, inline|region:EG_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Egypt

| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_urban_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Awsīm (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/egypt/admin/al_j%C4%ABzah/2116__aws%C4%ABm/ |website=citypopulation.de |access-date=17 March 2023}}

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| area_total_km2 = 72.41

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| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 415,735

| population_density_km2 = auto

| website =

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Letopolis (Greek: Λητοῦς Πόλις) was an ancient Egyptian city, the capital of the second nome of Lower Egypt. Its Egyptian name was Khem 𓋊𓐍𓐝𓂜𓊖𓉐 (ḫm),Miriam Lichtheim, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2gRtLLmZTAC&dq=%22khem%3Dletopolis%22&pg=PA84 Ancient Egyptian Literature Vol. III: The Late Period], Berkeley 1980, p.84 and the modern site of its remains is known as Ausim ({{Langx|ar|اوسيم}}, from {{Langx|cop|ⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ, ⲃⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ}}).{{Cite web |last=Peust |first=Carsten |title=Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten |url=http://www.peust.de/ortsnamen_original.pdf |page=16}}{{cite book |last=Snape|first=Steven|year=2014|title=The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-77240-9|page=185}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.trismegistos.org/geo/detail.php?tm=1245|title=Trismegistos|website=Trismegistos|access-date=2018-02-26}} The city was a center of worship of the deity Khenty-irty or Khenti-kheti, a form of the god Horus. The site and its deity are mentioned in texts from as far back as the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BC), and a temple to the god probably stood there very early in Egyptian history. The only known monuments at the site, however, date to the reigns of pharaohs from the Late Period (664–332 BC): Necho II, Psamtik II, Hakor, and Nectanebo I.Wilkinson, Richard H. (2000). The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. p. 111