Medamud

Medamud is a village in the of , about 8 km east-north from . 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.
Wikipedia
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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.

Monument
Photo: Neithsabes, Public domain.
The is an Egyptian temple dedicated to the worship of Montu. The site is located 5 kilometres northeast of Karnak, which is located within .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luxor and East Bank.

Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
is a city in . had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the . Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as .

Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.

Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 8 km west of Medamud.

Medamud

Latitude
25.73433° or 25° 44′ 4″ north
Longitude
32.712° or 32° 42′ 43″ east
Population
15,100
Elevation
79 metres (259 feet)
Open location code
7GQJPPM6+PQ
Geo­Names ID
351481
Wiki­data ID
Q287716
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Satellite Map

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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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