El-Assasif
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'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: ancient necropolis in Egypt
- Also known as: “Al ‘Asasif”, “Al ‘Asāsīf”, “al-Asāsīf”, “Assasif”, “El Asasif”, and “El Asasif, Al Asasif”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Ramesseum.
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is an Egyptian archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the West Bank of Luxor. As such, it is one of the most remarkable archaeological destinations in the world - the burial place of most of the pharaohs of Egypt of the New Kingdom.
Ramesseum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is located in the Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt, on the west of the River Nile, across from the modern city of Luxor.
Deir el-Bahri
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. This is a part of the Theban Necropolis.
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
- Categories: necropolis, archaeological site, and locality
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.73333° or 25° 44′ northLongitude
32.61667° or 32° 37′ eastElevation
88 metres (289 feet)Open location code
7GQJPJM8+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 768736220OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“El-Assasif” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العساسيف”
- Catalan: “Asasif”
- Catalan: “Necròpolis d’Asasif”
- Catalan: “Vall d’Asasif”
- Chinese: “阿薩西夫墓群”
- Dutch: “El-Assasif”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقابر العساسيف”
- French: “Al Asasif”
- French: “El-Assasif”
- German: “Al Asasif”
- German: “Al-Asasif”
- German: “Asasif”
- German: “El-Asasif”
- German: “El-Assasif”
- German: “ʿAsāsīf”
- Greek: “Al Asasif”
- Greek: “Al-Assasif”
- Greek: “El-Assasif”
- Greek: “Ελ-Ασασίφ”
- Hebrew: “אל-עסאסיף”
- Hindi: “अल-अससीफ”
- Hungarian: “Al Asasif”
- Indonesian: “El-Assasif”
- Italian: “El-Assasif”
- Polish: “El-Assasif”
- Russian: “Аль-Ассасиф”
- Russian: “Эль-Ассасиф”
- Spanish: “Asasif”
- Spanish: “El Assasif”
- Spanish: “El-Assasif”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Ассасіф”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “El-Assasif”. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.