Annu – one of the oldest cities and cult centres of ancient Egypt, often referred to by its Greek name of Heliopolis (‘City of the Sun’). Annu is frequently mentioned in the Book of the Dead. According to Budge, the body of Osiris ‘reposed in Annu’ and the deceased made their way to Annu ‘where souls were joined unto bodies...and the blessed dead lived on celestial food for ever’.
