Tod - Kom el-Hisn
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14mi/22km farther south from Damanhur, near the village of Tod, is the Kom el-Hisn, a mound of rubble which marks the site of Imu, the "House of the Mistress of the Trees", which under the New Kingdom displaced Hutihit (the site of which has not yet been located) as capital of the third nome of Lower Egypt. Excavations here have brought to light the enclosure wall of a temple complex measuring 125yd/115m by 70yd/64m, probably dedicated to Sakhmet-Hathor, and several tombs of the Middle and New Kingdoms, notable for the number of weapons included in the grave goods.
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