| Kafr Ammar | |
| Native Name: | Arabic: كفر عمّار |
| Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Egypt |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gharbia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Markaz |
| Subdivision Name2: | El Ayyat |
| Population Total: | 10,360 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 29.4981°N 31.2353°W |
Kafr Ammar is a village in the Giza Governorate of Egypt.
The modern village is located on the site of the ancient city of Acanthus (Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἄκανθος; in Ptolemy, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀκανθῶν Πόλις), also known as Tenis,[1] on the western bank of the Nile, 120 stadia south of Memphis.[2] [3] [4] [5] The town was situated in the Memphite Nome, and therefore in the Heptanomis. It was renowned for a temple dedicated to Osiris and derived its name from a sacred enclosure composed of acanthus plants.
Some scholars identify it with the ancient Egyptian city of Shena-chen or Shenou-anchou .[6]