In the central delta, where Mit Ghamr stands now, about 45 miles (72 km.) north of Cairo. In the chaos following the decay of the New Kingdom, and the invasion of the Delta by the Libyans, the local Nomarchs constituted themselves a Twenty-Third Dynasty of Pharaohs, 818-715. The bases for the late 23rd dynasty dissidents (both on the West Bank) were: Herakleopolis, about 65 miles (105 km.) south of modern Cairo near Bani Suwayf, and Hermopolis, about 150 miles (240 km.) south of Cairo (near modern Mallawi), quite close to Amarna on the East Bank.