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.
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  • Locality with 15,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 79 metres (259 feet)
  • Description: village in Luxor Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Al Madāmūd”
    “Almadamud qabli”
    “Medamôt”
    “Nag el Madāmūd”
    “Naj‘ al Madāmūd”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple of Montu.
Neithsabes, Public domain.
The is an Egyptian temple dedicated to the worship of Montu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luxor and East Bank.
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is a city in .
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The of is the central part of Luxor…
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is a village, which is situated 8 km west of Medamud.

Medamud

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Latitude
25.73433° or 25° 44′ 4″ north
Longitude
32.712° or 32° 42′ 43″ east
Open location code
7GQJPPM6+PQ
Geo­Names ID
351481
Wiki­data ID
Q287716

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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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