ARMANT

Armant: translation

   Modern name for the Egyptian Iuny, Greek Hermonthis, capital of the fourth nome of Upper Egypt until superseded by Thebes. It was located on the west bank of the Nile opposite Tod. The principal deity of the site was the god Montu, whose temple is now destroyed. Archaeological remains date from the Predynastic Period to the Roman Period, when it again became the nome capital. The burials of the sacred ram Buchis have also been located. Armant was excavated on behalf of the Egypt Exploration Society in 1927–1932, and the texts in the temple have been recorded by the French Institute since 2002.