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Crocodilopolis

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Also known as Sumenu

Sumenu or Smenu (Egyptian: S(w)mnw) was an ancient Egyptian town located in Upper Egypt. It housed the most prominent early-Middle Kingdom sanctuary of the crocodile-god Sobek.

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Sumenu or Smenu (Egyptian: S(w)mnw) was an ancient Egyptian town located in Upper Egypt. It housed the most prominent early-Middle Kingdom sanctuary of the crocodile-god Sobek.

==Identification==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crocodilopolis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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