DAMANHUR, a town of Lower Egypt, 38m. E.S.E. of Alexandria by rail, capital of the richly-cultivated province of Bahera. It is the ancient Timenhor, "town of Horus," which in Ptolemaic times 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, though its Roman name, Hermopolis Parva, should indicate Thoth as the local god. A much frequented fair is held at Daman hur three times a year, and there are several cotton manufactories. Pop. (1927),