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Bani Hassan is an archaeological area with an ancient Egyptian cemetery. It is located about 20 km south of the city of Minya in the area known as Middle Egypt, which stretches between Assiut and Mit Rahina. And despite the presence of some tombs from the era of the Old Kingdom in the cemetery, but this cemetery was used mainly during the Middle Kingdom, which extends from the 21st century BC to the 17th century BC (the Middle Bronze Age). To the south of the site there is a temple that was built by Queen Hatshepsut and behind her is King Thutmose III, which is dedicated to the worship of the local goddess of this region Bakht. It is known today as the Cave of Artemis, because the Greeks united the Egyptian goddess Bakht and the Greek goddess Artemis, and it was called a cave because the temple is built underground.