them fragments of the Book of Henoch, of the Gospel, and of the Apocalypse of Peter, the Acts of the Council of Ephesus, as well as numerous other Christian inscriptions. In the 13th century AD, a very imposing temple still stood in Akhmim. Today, little of its past glory remains. Nothing is left of the town, the temples were almost completely dismantled, and their material reused in the later Middle Ages. The extensive cemeteries of ancient Akhmim are yet to be fully explored. The destroyed corner of a Greco-Roman period temple with colossal statues of Ramesses II and Meritamen was discovered in 1981. Climate Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh). Modern city Akhmim is the largest town on the east side of the Nile in Upper Egypt. In 1907, the population of the city was 23,795, of whom about one third were Copts. Akhmim has several mosques and two Coptic churches. The Monastery of the Martyrs is located about 6 km northeast of the city. Akhmim maintains a weekly market, and manufactures cotton goods, notably the blue shirts and check shawls with silk fringes worn by the poorer classes of Egypt. Outside the walls are the scanty ruins of two ancient temples. On the west bank of the Nile opposite of Akhmim, there is railway communication with Cairo and Aswan. Notable people Nakhtmin, 13th Dynasty priest Yuya and Tjuyu, parents of Queen Tiye, Anen and possibly Pharaoh Ay Tiye ( BC1338 BC), Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III Anen, Second Prophet of Amun and brother of Queen Tiye Ay, Pharaoh from 1323 to 1319 BC or 1327–1323 BC Nakhtmin, general, appointed heir of Ay Sennedjem, official under Tutankhamun Amenemope, author of Instructions of Amenemope Nefrina, woman who died in 275 BCE, her mummy is in the Reading Public Museum, Pennsylvania Zosimos of Panopolis, 3rd/4th century alchemist Tryphiodorus, 3rd/4th century epic poet Cyrus of Panopolis, (Flavius Taurus Seleucus Cyrus; fl. 426–441) East Roman official, philosopher, poet Pamprepius (440–484) philosopher, poet, rebel against Emperor Zeno Abib and Apollo, 4th century martyrs Nonnus, 5th century poet Veronica of Syria, 8th century nun, martyr Dhul-Nun al-Misri, 9th century Sufi saint Muhammed ibn Umail al-Tamimi (900–960) alchemist Bahram al-Armani Fatimid vizier (1135–1137) was exiled here Al-Nuwayri (1279–1333) Arab historian, encyclopedist Yousab El Abah (1735–1826), bishop of Akhmim, theologian, saint Maximos Sedfaoui (1863–1925), Apostolic Administrator of the Coptic