Place:Al-Hibah, Banī Suwayf, Egypt

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NameAl-Hibah
TypeCity
Located inBanī Suwayf, Egypt


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El Hiba (alt. el-Hibeh; Arabic الحيبة ) is the modern name of the ancient Egyptian city of Tayu-djayet (t3yw-ḏ3yt), an ancient nickname meaning "their walls" in reference to the massive enclosure walls built on the site. In Coptic, it was known as , and during the Graeco-Roman period it was called and . In antiquity, the city was located in the 18th Upper Egyptian nome, and today it is found in the Bani Suwayf governorate.

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