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It was the capital of Lower Egypt of the Ninth and Tenth Dynasties , which ruled during the First Intermediate Period ). After the re-unification of Egypt, Henen-nesut faded in importance. Today the ruins are a tourist attraction. Legend held that there was a vast Labyrinth at Herakleopolis, but no evidence has yet been found that it existed as anything other than myth. |
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