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1. Leontopolis (Heliopolis): Leontopolis (Egyptian: Ney-ta-hut) is the Greek name of a city that may correspond to either the modern area of Tell el Yehudiye or Tell el-Yahudiya (Egyptian Arabic: Jewish Mound). It was an ancient city of Egypt in ... (Heliopolis) [100%] 2024-10-07 [Archaeological sites in Egypt] [Hyksos cities in ancient Egypt]...
2. Leontopolis (Greek, Λεόντων Πόλις = "Lion City"): Place in the nome of Heliopolis, Egypt, situated 180 stadia from Memphis; famous as containing a Jewish sanctuary, the only one outside of Jerusalem where sacrifices were offered. Aside from a somewhat uncertain allusion of the Hellenist Artapanus (in Eusebius ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [53%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]