DAMANHUR  , a

town of Lower Egypt, 38 M . E.S.E. of Alexandria by rail, capital of the richly-cultivated province of Behera . It is the ancient Timenhor, " town of Horus," which in Ptolemaictimes was capital of a nome and lay on the Canopic branch of the Nile . Its name and other circumstances imply that Horus (= Apollo) was worshipped there in the same form as at Edfu (Brugsch, Dictionnaire geographique, p . 521), but its Greek name, Hermopolis Parva, should indicate Thoth as the local god . This apparent contradiction is perhaps due to some early misunderstanding that held its ground after the Greeks knew Egypt better . A much frequented fair is held at Damanhur three times a year, and there are several cotton manufactories . Population (1907) 38,752 .