The region named for this city was renamed in honor of Arsinoë II, who was then deified by an imperial cult centered on Alexander the Great. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city. Before Alexander, a temple complex in this city would worship a creature called Petsuchos which they would adorn with gold and gems.
ANSWER: Faiyum [or Crocodilopolis; or Shedet]
[10m] Faiyum worshiped crocodiles named Petsuchos in honor of this patron deity, a crocodile-headed Egyptian god.
ANSWER: Sobek [or Sebek; or Sobki]
[10e] In an Ancient Egyptian monograph called the Book of the Faiyum, Sobek makes a nightly journey as an incarnation of this Egyptian sun god.
ANSWER: Ra [or Re; or Amun-Ra]
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