Cynopolis superior

Cynopolis, the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian town Hardai in the seventeenth nome

Nome (Egypt)

A nome was a subnational administrative division of ancient Egypt. Today's use of the Greek nome rather than the Egyptian term sepat came about during the Ptolemaic period. Fascinated with Egypt, Greeks created many historical records about the country...

 of Upper Egypt

Upper Egypt

Upper Egypt is the strip of land, on both sides of the Nile valley, that extends from the cataract boundaries of modern-day Aswan north to the area between El-Ayait and Zawyet Dahshur . The northern section of Upper Egypt, between El-Ayait and Sohag is sometimes known as Middle Egypt...

, it was home to the cult of Anubis

Anubis

Anubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. In the ancient Egyptian language, Anubis is known as Inpu . According to the Akkadian transcription in the Amarna letters, Anubis' name was vocalized as Anapa...

 . A burial ground for dogs is found on the opposite Nile bank near Hamatha. Rivalries between neighbouring cities are reported: according to Plutarch (De Iside, 72) when an inhabitant of Cynopolis ate an Oxyrhynchos fish the people of Oxyrhynchos started attacking dogs in revenge which resulted in a little civil war.

According to Ptolemy the town was situated on an island in the river. The modern settlement identified with Cynopolis is el Kays. The nome

Nome (Egypt)

A nome was a subnational administrative division of ancient Egypt. Today's use of the Greek nome rather than the Egyptian term sepat came about during the Ptolemaic period. Fascinated with Egypt, Greeks created many historical records about the country...

 of Cynopolis extended to both banks of the Nile.

Cynopolis was destroyed by the vice-roy of Nubia Pinehesy

Pinehesy

Pinehesy, Panehesy or Panehasy, depending on different transliteration was Viceroy of Kush during the reign of Ramesses XI, the last king of the Egyptian 20th Dynasty....

 during the reign of Ramses XI, and the survivors were enslaved .

Cynopolis inferior

There was a second Cynopolis, referred to as Cynopolis Inferior or Cynum, which was located in the Busirite

Busiris

Busiris or Bousiris may mean several different things, including:-Places:*Busiris , a large ancient city of Egypt, capital of its nome*Busiris , an ancient city of Egypt, near the Egyptian Pyramids...

nome in the Nile delta, modern Meniet ebn Kasib. Both Cynopolis superior and Cynopolis inferior were bishoprics in Christian times.