Tuna El Gebel is located to the west of El-Ashmunin city in Minya. It was the center for worshipping the god Thoth or Djhuty, the god of wisdom in ancient Egyptian mythology.
King Akhenaten used the city when he transferred the capital of ancient Egypt from Thebes to Akhetaten (Tell el-Amarna), as he put a border panel depicting King Akhenaten with his wife Nefertiti and his daughters worshiping the god Atun.
But Tuna El-Gebel had a great role during the Roman period, as it housed the cemetery of All-Ashmunin included 60 tombs such as:
Isadora’s tomb: she was called the Martyr of Love because she drowned in the Nile while crossing to meet her fiancé. Her father mourned her with a poem found in the tomb.
Tomb of Petosiris: he was a priest of the god Thoth in the Ptolemaic period. This tomb has the same design of the temple of Dendera.
The catacombs of ibis: The catacomb houses baboon and ibis mummies, as they are the symbol of the god of Thoth, the main God of the city.
In February 2019, Egyptian archaeologists discovered 50 mummies wrapped in linen or stone coffins dating back to the Ptolemaic period.
In January 2020, mass graves of the priests of the god Thoth were discovered, containing 20 sarcophagi.