AKHMIM, or ECHMIM, a considerable city of Upper Egypt, situated in a district very fertile in grain, cotton, and sugar. The streets are broader and more regular than is usual in Egypt, though, being built only of unburnt brick, they have a dull gloomy appearance. The Greeks have a church, which they hold in great veneration, and which is adorned with granite pillars from the ruins of Chemmis or Panopolis, a celebrated city, of which few other vestiges now remain.