Ṭaḥnā

Tahna lies on the eastern bank of the Nile north of Minya, beside the remains of ancient Akoris. A prominent limestone outcrop rises above the river and the cultivated valley. Rock-cut tombs from Egypt's Old Kingdom survive here, as do the remains of the town that flourished in the Greek and Roman periods. Temples and quarries in the surrounding limestone preserve traces of the many communities that used this stretch of the riverbank.