Settlements of Ancient Egypt

Identify the following settlements using the information provided

Upper Egyptian settlements highlighted in red, Lower Egyptian in blue

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Capital throughout Middle and New Kingdom Egypt, located in the fourth Upper Egyptian nome	Thebes
Famous for a trio of pyramids	Giza
Located at the southernmost point of the Nile Delta, the capital of Old Kingdom Egypt, a centre of worship for Ptah	Memphis
Temple complex located in Luxor Governorate, features temples, chapels, pylons, as well as the Great Hypostyle Hall	Karnak
City bearing the name of a Macedonian/Greek pharaoh	Alexandria
Home to possibly the oldest brewery in the world and the memorial temple to Seti I, containing a Kings List from Dynasty 1 to 19	Abydos
Workmen's village for the Valley of the Kings	Deir el-Medina
Capital developed and used by Akhenaten	Tell el-Amarna
Hyksos capital of Egypt, remaining a capital until its capture by Ahmose I (founder of 18th Dynasty)	Avaris/Tell el-Daba
Partially constructed using material from Pi-Ramesses, became a capital of ancient Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period	Tanis
Predynastic necropolis and cult site to Set after which a predynastic material culture has been named	Naqada
Island settlement at the boundary between Egypt and Nubia, located prior to the First Cataract	Elephantine
The first permanent Greek colony in ancient Egypt, located in the Delta	Naukratis
Home to the step-pyramid of Djoser, a necropolis utilised primarily during the Old Kingdom	Saqqara
Historic site comprising temples to Ramesses II (the Great) and Nefertari that were relocated to avoid submergence beneath Lake Nasser	Abu Simbel
Western Red Sea port, developed during the Ptolemaic period, named after the mother of Ptolemy II	Berenice
Second Cataract fort, on the western bank, earliest known Egyptian settlement in Sudan	Buhen
Home to Tomb 100, the oldest depictions of ancient Egyptian life	Hierakonpolis
Town-site excavated by Flinders Petrie at the mouth of the Fayuum	El-Lahun
City in the fifth Upper Egyptian nome, acted as the origin for caravan routes from the Nile to the Red Sea, principal deity worshipped was Min	Gebtu/Koptos

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