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Cynopolis (Greek for "city of the dog") was the name for two ancient Egyptian cities.

Cynopolis superior
Cynopolis, the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian town Hardai in the seventeenth nome of Upper Egypt, was home to the cult of Anupet, the feminine form of Anubis, and of Anubis. 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 Oxyrrhynchos fish the people of Oxyrrhynchos 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 of Cynopolis extended to both banks of the Nile.

Cynopolis was destroyed by the vice-roy of Nubia Pinehesy 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,[10] which was located in the Busirite nome in the Nile delta,[11][12] modern Meniet ebn Kasib. Both Cynopolis superior and Cynopolis inferior were bishoprics in Christian times.

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