Heracleopolis

It was worshipped and mummified in parts of Ancient Egypt e.g. Heracleopolis, on account of its antipathy to serpents and because it was supposed to destroy the crocodile, a feat with Ælian and others have overloaded with fable.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The fifth ruler of the 11th Dynasty, Mentuhotep II (2060–2010), defeated Heracleopolis around 2040 and reunited Upper and Lower Egypt.

d. The Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period (11th-17th Dynasties) 2001

For much of this period there was strife between nobles of Heracleopolis (Nennesu) in Lower Egypt and Thebes (Waset) in Upper Egypt.

c. The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (1st-11th Dynasties) 2001

Toward the end of the 9th Dynasty, the country was divided in two, the 10th Dynasty (c. 2130–2040) ruling in Heracleopolis and the 11th Dynasty (c. 2133–1191) in Thebes.

c. The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (1st-11th Dynasties) 2001

In the 9th Dynasty (c. 2160–2130), the capital moved to Heracleopolis, althoughthe kings were still buried at Memphis.

c. The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (1st-11th Dynasties) 2001

The major cities of Upper Egypt were Nennusu (Heracleopolis), Khmun (Hermopolis), Abydos, and Thebes.

3. Egypt, c. 3500-332 B.C.E 2001

Heracleopolis, in Upper Egypt, on the borders of Arcadia, or Middle

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

Heracleopolis, where his ancestors, of Libyan origin, had settled early in the Twenty-first dynasty.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

During the following reigns of this dynasty history records nothing but endless civil wars between the two principalities of Thebes and Heracleopolis and feuds between the mercenary lords of the Delta.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Heracleopolis, only a short distance south of Memphis, became the official seat of government, for no special known reason -- perhaps simply because the pharaohs of the reigning dynasties had originally been natives and princes of these nomes.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913