Medamud
Medamud is a village in the Luxor Governorate of Egypt, about 8 km east-north from Luxor. The Temple of Montu was located here. It was excavated by Fernand Bisson de la Roque in 1925, who identified several structures dedicated to the war-god Montu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 15,100 residents
- Description: village in Luxor Governorate, Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Madamud”, “Al Madāmūd”, “Almadamud qabli”, “Medamôt”, “Nag el Madāmūd”, and “Naj‘ al Madāmūd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Temple of Montu.
Temple of Montu
Monument
Photo: Neithsabes, Public domain.
The Temple of Montu is an Egyptian temple dedicated to the worship of Montu. The site is located 5 kilometres northeast of Karnak, which is located within Luxor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luxor and East Bank.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
El-Assasif
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. El-Assasif is situated 10 km west of Medamud.
Medamud
- Categories: village, archaeological site, ancient Roman structure, and village in Egypt
- Location: Luxor Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Medamud” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المدامود قبلي”
- Arabic: “المدامود، الأقصر”
- Arabic: “المدامود”
- Basque: “Medamud”
- Catalan: “Madu”
- Catalan: “Medamud”
- Catalan: “Nag al-Madamud”
- Chinese: “美达姆得”
- Dutch: “Medamud”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المدامود”
- French: “Médamoud”
- German: “Al-Madamud”
- German: “Madāmūd”
- German: “Medamot”
- German: “Médamoud”
- German: “Medamud”
- German: “Medamut”
- Italian: “Madamud”
- Italian: “Medamud”
- Italian: “Nag el-Madamud”
- Japanese: “メダムード”
- Macedonian: “Медамуд”
- Persian: “المدامود”
- Polish: “Madamud”
- Polish: “Medamud”
- Polish: “Nag el-Madamud”
- Slovenian: “Medamud”
- Spanish: “Medamud”
- Spanish: “Templo de Montu”
- Swahili: “Medamud”
- Urdu: “مدامود”
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