Armant, Egypt

The modern town of Armant (ancient Iuny; Coptic: ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲛⲧ Armant; known in Greek as Hermonthis), is located about 12 miles south of Thebes, in Egypt. It was an important Middle Kingdom town, which was enlarged during the Eighteenth Dynasty.

During the New Kingdom, large and impressive temples to Montu were constructed, and in Ptolemaic times, under Cleopatra VII, it became the capital of the local nome. The city remained in use during Coptic times.

Cleopatra's temple remained visible until the Nineteenth Century, when it was recycled to build a sugar factory.