Zawyet el-Maiyitin
Zawyet el-Maiyitin or Zawyet Sultan or Zawyet el-Amwat is a small village in Egypt, located in the Minya Governorate. The site has the Pyramid of Zawyet el-Maiyitin of the late 3rd Dynasty, remarkable for being the only pyramid built on the east bank of the Nile.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 12,900 residents
- Description: village and archaeological site in Middle Egypt
- Also known as: “Nazlat Sulţān Bāshā”, “Nazlet Sulṭân Pasha”, “Zawiyat Sultan Basha”, “Zāwiyat Sulţān Bashā”, “Zāwiyat Sulţān Bāshā”, and “Zāwyat Sulṭān Bashā”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sawada and Minya.
Sawada
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sawada is a village in the Minya Governorate, Egypt, on the eastern side of the Nile. It borders the city New Minya. The village had a population of 10,571 in 2006. Sawada is situated 4½ km northwest of Zawyet el-Maiyitin.
Minya
Photo: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minya is a city in Middle Egypt. Usually overlooked by tourists, this city has a long history and some interesting heritage to explore. It is home to over 250,000 people and lies about 245 km south of Cairo.
Zawyet el-Maiyitin
- Categories: village, necropolis, archaeological site, human settlement, and village in Egypt
- Location: Minya Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swahili—“Zawyet el-Maiyitin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “زاوية الميتين”
- Arabic: “زاوية سلطان، المنيا”
- Arabic: “زاوية سلطان”
- Arabic: “زوية سلطان باشا”
- Catalan: “Zawyet al-Maiyitin”
- Dutch: “Zawyet el-Maiyitin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “زاوية الميتين”
- Egyptian Arabic: “زاويه سلطان”
- German: “al-Kaum al-Ahmar”
- German: “el-Kom el-Ahmar”
- German: “Zawiyat al-Amwat”
- German: “Zawiyat al-Maiyitin”
- German: “Zāwiyat al-Maiyitīn”
- German: “Zawiyat el-Maiyitin”
- German: “Zāwiyat el-Maiyitīn”
- German: “Zawiyat Sulṭan”
- German: “Zawyet el-Maiyitin”
- Spanish: “Hebenu”
- Spanish: “Saujet el Meitin”
- Spanish: “Saujet el-Meitin”
- Spanish: “Zawyet el Maiyitin”
- Spanish: “Zawyet el-Maiyitin”
- Swahili: “Zawyet el-Maiyitin”
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