Meir
The necropolis of Meir is an archaeological site in Middle Egypt in the Asyut Governorate located on the west bank of the Nile. Here are the graves of the nomarchs, mayors and priests of Cusae from the ancient Egyptian Old and Middle Kingdom.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Egyptian necropolis of the Old and Middle Kingdoms
- Also known as: “Meir, Egypt” and “Necropolis of Mir”
Meir
- Categories: necropolis, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Asyut Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Meir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مئير”
- Arabic: “مقابر مير”
- Catalan: “Mair”
- Cebuano: “Necropolis of Mir”
- Czech: “Mér”
- Dutch: “Meir”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقابر مير”
- German: “Mair”
- German: “Meir”
- German: “Nekropole von Mair”
- German: “Nekropole von Meir”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mair-nekropolen”
- Norwegian: “Mair-nekropolen”
- Spanish: “Mair”
- Swedish: “Necropolis of Mir”
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