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.
- Locality with about 12,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (150 feet)
- Description: village and archaeological site in Middle Egypt
- Also known as“Nazlat Sulţān Bāshā”“Nazlet Sulṭân Pasha”“Zāwiyat Sulţān Bāshā”“Zāwyat Sulṭān Bashā”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sawada and Minya.
Sawada
Sawada is a village in the Minya Governorate, Egypt, on the eastern side of the Nile. Sawada is situated 4½ km northwest of Zawyet el-Maiyitin.
Zawyet el-Maiyitin
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Latitude
28.055° or 28° 3′ 18″ north
Longitude
30.82446° or 30° 49′ 28″ east
Open location code
7GWG3R4F+2Q
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swahili—“Zawyet el-Maiyitin” goes by many names.
زاوية الميتينArabic
زاوية سلطانArabic
زاوية سلطان، المنياArabic
زوية سلطان باشاArabic
Zawyet al-MaiyitinCatalan
Zawyet el-MaiyitinDutch
زاوية الميتينEgyptian Arabic
زاويه سلطانEgyptian Arabic
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