Sepat: Nome, District.

Niwt: City, town

Per-dt: Estate or villa

Per: Town house

Iwyt: Small house, hut.

SEPAT 1 - THE ARCH:
This Sepat covers the area around the First Cataract to Gebel el Silsila. Here was the ancient border to Nubia, where now the High Dam spreads out. The area saw many travellers through time, who left inscriptions on the rocks bordering the route south into Kush where the frontiers were pushed and where rich booty beckoned.

The Niwts (cities) of The Arch are: Abu (Gr: Elephantine), Swenet (Greek Syene, Arabic Aswan).

AW hood Niwts are: Abu: and
Philae

SEPAT 3 THE SHRINE:
Located north of Edfu and south of Thebes, the Nome of the Shrine boasts such cities as Nekhen, Nekheb and Esna - each having alternately taken on the role of the capital of the nome through the course of time. Sofar, only Nekhen is included in the AW hoods.

The Shrine is a nome which has a lot to do with Egypt´s earliest history; here are Predynastic cemeteries and settlements and Nekhen, the first capital of the nome, was once also the capital of Upper Egypt - the residence of such illustrious Predynastic figures as Scorpion II, Iry-Hor, Ka and Narmer must have been located here.

Niwts in The Shrine: Nekhen (Greek Hierakonpolis, Arabic Kom al-Ahmar) , Nekheb (Greek Eleithyiaspolis, Arabic Elkab), Iunet (Arabic Esna).

AW hood Niwt is:
Nekhen

SEPAT 4 THE SCEPTRE:
Sepat 4, the Sceptre, holds the once capital of Waset, which is modern Luxor, and the cities/towns Per Hathor, Iuny (Gk. Hermonthis) and Djerty . The emblem of Wast, or Uast, was the was scepter, a symbol for power. This was the center of both earthly and religious power during the New kindom Period. This area has the highest frequency of finds in Egypt, with the two temples Karnak and the Luxor temple in the town, and the whole West Bank dotted with sights like the Hatshepsut Mortuary temple, the Valley of the Kings and many, many other locations.

Niwts in The Sceptre are: Per Hathor (Greek Pathyris, Arabic Gebelein), Imiotru (Arabic Rizeiqat), Iuny (Greek Hermonthis, Arabic Armant), Djerty (Arabic Tod), Waset (Greek Thebes, Arabic Luxor).

The Niwt representing it here at AW:
Waset

SEPAT 6: THE CROCODILE
The 6th Sepat encompasses the area on both sides of the Nile from a couple of miles north of Qift to a couple of miles south of Hut-Sekhem (Gr: Diospolis Parva) and was known as the domain of Hethert (Gr: Hathor). There was a Late Period temple to her at Dendera which lies ca 60 kilometers north of Luxor. The area carries traces far older than that, like tombs from the Old Kingdom Period and other, even earlier things. Today, the temple at Dendera can be visited in a joint tour with Abedjou being the other location.

The Niwt of this hood is:
Iunet (Greek Aphroditipolis, Arabic Dendera)

SEPAT 8: THE GREAT LAND
The 8th Sepat centers around the religious capital all times of Ancient Egypt - Abedjou. It was the Mekka, the Jerusalem of the ancient times which recieved pilgrims from all over the Two Lands. Today, this is one of the most famous and well visited sites, with the Temple of Seti I from the New Kingdom Period as its main attraction.

The mountains surrounds the villages here in a crescent shape which has in its center a gap, called Pega-the-Gap. The ancient Egyptians believed this was the door to the Afterlife and it is probably therefore that Abedjou gained such a great importance as a royal burial ground and remained the center for the cult of Wesir (Gr: Osiris).

Abedjou has a very old record; here lie buried kings from the Pre- and Early Dynastic Period with names such as Narmer, Aha, Khasekhemwy. Later periods are also plenty so that at this location, all the history of ancient Egypt is well represented, even into the Greco-Roman Period. Here are both signs of settlement, animal necropolii and fabrication of beer and faience. The area was apparently well and consistently settled throughout history and everywhere you walk around the desert, there are signs of human activity from the ancient days.

The hood here has 1 Niwt:
Abedjou (Abydos)

SEPAT 15: THE HARE
The Hare sepat covers the area around Khmunu (Greek Hermopolis, modern el-Ashmunein) and Antinoopolis. Its symbol is a reclining hare, Wenut, a very ancient deity, which goes back to the Predynastic days at least but then more likely in the form of a snake. On the White Chapel register there is a depiction of an early form of Bes: Aha, as wells as Wenut, which, since this was recorded in the time of Senwosret I, might point at Wenut not always being the patron deity here. This sepat, which often is said to be located in Middle Egypt, saw two cities becoming important during the course of time: Khmunu (Gr: Hermopolis), the cult center of Djehuty (Gr: Thoth) on the west bank, and, for a short period, AkhenAten´s city Akhet-Aten on the east bank.

Middle Egypt is described as the area between Asyut and MenNefer, which is rather the northernmost part of Upper Egypt. Old Kingdom kings have tombs here and the area remained the boundary between southern and northern administration until the end of the New Kingdom. The 12th Dynasty kings established a new capital at Itjtawy (modern el-Lisht) and in the Middle Kingdom the Faiyum gained importance.

This Sepat has two very interesting cities: Khmunu (Gr: Hermpolis Magna, modern el-Ashmunein)and Akhet-Aten.

Khmunu was the center of the Ogdoad with Djehuty(Gr: Thoth)becoming the main deity as the patron of knowledge, writing, wisdom, teaching.

Akhet-Aten was the city which AkhenAten founded as the new capital in his effort to transform the religious foundations of ancient Egypt. Both locations are reflected at AW:

Niwts:

Akhet-Aten

Khmunu

SEPAT 21: LOWER LAURELS
Sepat 21 encircles the Fayium area. The ancient name for the Fayium was "Ta-she" or "Land of Lakes". This is really an oasis, separated from the Nile by a stretch of desert and linked to it by a river arm: Bahr Yusuf. In ancient times here was a paradise for fishing and hunting, the lake; Ta-She, being in the form of a crocodile, gave name to the Sepat. Already in those times the area was fertile and today it can rightfully be called the garden of Egypt, yielding harvests of cotton, tomatoes, wheat, rice, fruit, vegetables and palm tree groves. There were several small towns here once, the main one being Shedyet (Gr: Crocodilopolis), which is the one representing the Sepat here on AW. From the Late Period, this area has given us much information both in the form of papyrii and mummies and domestic and cult architecture.

The Niwt:
Shedyet.