Heliopolis

Heliopolis became a primary metropolis of historical Egypt. The historical Egyptian name of the town changed into the pillars or Iunu. It changed into the capital of the 13^th or Heliopolis Nome of Lower Egypt and a chief religious center. It is now positioned in Ayn Shams, a northeastern suburb of Cairo. Heliopolis turned into one of the oldest cities of historical Egypt, occupied because the Predynastic Period. It substantially accelerated under the Old and Middle Kingdoms however is nowadays often destroyed, its temples and different homes having been scavenged for the construction of medieval Cairo.

Most facts about the historical town come from surviving records. The essential surviving remnant of Heliopolis is the obelisk of the Temple of Ra Atum erected by way of Senusret I of Dynasty XII. It nonetheless stands in its unique role, now inside Al Masalla in Al Matariyyah, Cairo. The 21m high crimson granite obelisk weighs 120 lots. Heliopolis is the Latinized shape of the Greek call Heliopolis which means City of the Sun.