Original: Lynn Meskell , Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt , Princeton University Press 2002 , p. 34Ian Shaw , The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt , Oxford University Press 2003 , p. 279 Names Its Ancient Egyptian name was Ineb Hedj ( '' The White Walls '' ) .
Simplified: It was an administrative centre throughout ancient historyLynn Meskell , Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt , Princeton University Press 2002 , p. 34Ian Shaw , The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt , Oxford University Press 2003 , p. 279 .