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'''Letopolis '''(Greek: Λητοῦς Πόλις) was an ancient [[Egypt]]ian city located | '''Letopolis '''(Greek: Λητοῦς Πόλις) was an ancient [[Egypt]]ian city located on the western bank of [[Nile]], in the [[Sapi-Res Nome]]. A city of the {{Wiki|Old Kingdom}}, Letopolis was largely a ruin by the Ptolemaic period.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> | ||
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Prior to 49 BCE the city was home to a cult dedicated to [[Sekhmet]], the Egyptian goddess of war, fire, and healing. When [[Taharqa]], a member of the [[Order of the Ancients]], became the city's steward and elected to replace Sekhmet as the city's patron god with [[Horus]], a group of wab priests believed his actions an act of sacrilege and thus made an invocation in a temple for Sekhmet, at the cost of their own lives. Not long thereafter, large parts of the city were consumed by the desert, including the Temple of Sekhmet. This caused Taharqa to begn construction of a new temple, in worship of Horus instead, and initiate plans to reclaim the city from the encroaching desert.<ref name="New Kid in Town">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[New Kid in Town]]''</ref> | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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Letopolis (Greek: Λητοῦς Πόλις) was an ancient Egyptian city located on the western bank of Nile, in the Sapi-Res Nome. A city of the Old Kingdom, Letopolis was largely a ruin by the Ptolemaic period.[1]
History
Prior to 49 BCE the city was home to a cult dedicated to Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of war, fire, and healing. When Taharqa, a member of the Order of the Ancients, became the city's steward and elected to replace Sekhmet as the city's patron god with Horus, a group of wab priests believed his actions an act of sacrilege and thus made an invocation in a temple for Sekhmet, at the cost of their own lives. Not long thereafter, large parts of the city were consumed by the desert, including the Temple of Sekhmet. This caused Taharqa to begn construction of a new temple, in worship of Horus instead, and initiate plans to reclaim the city from the encroaching desert.[2]
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