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Place nameHeliopolis
Other namesMasr El Gedida, On, Bethshemesh, Hilwan, Tell Hisn, Heliopolis Aegyptus
CountryMisr
Latitude30.1
Longitude31.333
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Ancient city of Lower Egypt, 6 miles NE of Cairo, dedicated to worship of Ra, the sun god; seat of viceroy of N Lower Egypt under New Empire (ca. 1570-ca. 1085 BC); "Cleopatra's needles" (obelisks), now in London & New York, originally stood here.
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