It is a Pharaonic City that lies on the eastern bank of the Nile about 20 Km south of Minya . It has 39 rock tombs with many important engravings which depict daily life during the Middle Kingdom . The most important are Amenemhat tomb . Khnum Hotep II tomb , Ba`it II and Khety . This are hosts also numerous red granite pillars of high value and a temple constructed by Hatschepsut and Thutmasis III known as Istabl Antar . The Ptolemies called it
“ Cave of Artemis “.