North Africa
Egypt
New Valley Governorate

Deir el-Bahri

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 , Egypt. This is a part of the .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archaeological site
  • Also known as: “Ad Dayr al Baḩrī”, “Ad-Dayr al-Baḩarī”, “Dayr al-Bahri”, “Deir el-Bahari”, “El Deir el Baḥari”, and “Ma’bad ad Dayr al Bahri”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut.

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The is an archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the of . 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.

Archaeological site
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The is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Located opposite the city of , it is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient architecture.

Cemetery
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The tomb of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is located in the . The tomb, also known by its tomb number KV62, consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor. is situated 700 metres northwest of Deir el-Bahri.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.

Village
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , . It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.

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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 .

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The of is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.

Deir el-Bahri

Latitude
25.73733° or 25° 44′ 14″ north
Longitude
32.60752° or 32° 36′ 27″ east
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
Open location code
7GQJPJP5+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 479529031
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
361834
Wiki­data ID
Q373909
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Deir el-Bahri” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Albanian: “Deir el Bahari”
  • Albanian: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Albanian: “Kompleksi i Deir el Baharit”
  • Albanian: “Kompleksi tempullor i Deir el Baharit”
  • Arabic: “الدير البحري”
  • Arabic: “معبد الدير البحري”
  • Arabic: “معبد حتشبسوت”
  • Armenian: “Դեյր էլ-Բահարի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Deyr əl-Bəhri”
  • Basque: “Dair al Bahri”
  • Basque: “Deir el Bahari”
  • Basque: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Belarusian: “Дэйр эль-Бахры”
  • Bulgarian: “Даир-ел-Бахри”
  • Bulgarian: “Деир ел-Бахри”
  • Bulgarian: “Деир-ел-Бахри”
  • Bulgarian: “Дейр ел-Бахри”
  • Catalan: “Deir al Bari”
  • Catalan: “Deir al-Bahari”
  • Catalan: “Deir al-Bahri”
  • Catalan: “Deir al-Bari”
  • Catalan: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Mentuhotep II”
  • Catalan: “Temples de Deir Al Bari”
  • Catalan: “Temples de Deir Al-Bari”
  • Cebuano: “Ma‘bad ad Dayr al Baḩrī”
  • Chinese: “代尔埃尔巴哈里”
  • Chinese: “代尔艾尔-拜赫里”
  • Chinese: “代爾艾爾-拜赫里”
  • Czech: “Dér el-Bahrí”
  • Dutch: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Dutch: “Deir el-Bahri”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الدير البحرى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد حتشبسوت”
  • Finnish: “Deir el Bahri”
  • Finnish: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Finnish: “Deir el-Bahri”
  • French: “Deir el Bahari”
  • French: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • French: “Deir el-Bahri”
  • French: “Deir-el-Bahari”
  • French: “Deir-el-bahri”
  • French: “Site de Deir el-Bahari”
  • French: “Temple d’Hatshepsut Dair El Bahari”
  • French: “Temple de Deir El-Bahari”
  • German: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • German: “Deir el-Bahri”
  • German: “Deir el-Baḥrī”
  • Greek: “Ντέιρ ελ-Μπαχάρι”
  • Greek: “Ντέιρ ελ-Μπάχρι”
  • Hebrew: “דיר אל בחרי”
  • Hebrew: “דיר אל-בחרי”
  • Hungarian: “Dejr el-Bahari”
  • Hungarian: “Hatsepszut királynő temploma”
  • Igbo: “Deir el- Bahari”
  • Indonesian: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Italian: “Deir El Bahari”
  • Italian: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Italian: “Deir el-Bahri”
  • Italian: “Deyr el-Bahari”
  • Japanese: “ディール・アル・バハリ”
  • Japanese: “デイル・エル＝バハリ”
  • Japanese: “デル・エル・バハリ”
  • Japanese: “ハトシェプスト女王葬祭殿”
  • Japanese: “ハトシュプスト葬祭殿”
  • Korean: “데르 엘 바하리”
  • Lithuanian: “Deir al Bachri”
  • Lithuanian: “Deir al Bahri”
  • Lithuanian: “Deir el Bahris”
  • Lithuanian: “Deir el-Bahri”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dayr al-Bahri”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dronningenes dal”
  • Norwegian: “Dayr al-Bahri”
  • Persian: “دیر البحری”
  • Polish: “Ad-Dajr al-Bahri”
  • Polish: “Dajr al-Bahari”
  • Polish: “Dajr al-Bahri”
  • Polish: “Deir al-Bahari”
  • Polish: “Deir el Bahari”
  • Polish: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Portuguese: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Portuguese: “Deir Elbari”
  • Romanian: “Deir el-Bahri”
  • Russian: “Дейр эль-бахари”
  • Russian: “Дейр эль-Бахри”
  • Russian: “Дейр-эль-Бахри”
  • Russian: “Дер-эль-Бахри”
  • Serbian: “Deir el Bahri”
  • Serbian: “Deir el-Bahri”
  • Serbian: “Деир ел-Бахри”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Deir el-Bahri”
  • Slovenian: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Spanish: “Deir el Bahari”
  • Spanish: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Swedish: “Deir el Bahari”
  • Swedish: “Deir el Bahri”
  • Swedish: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Swedish: “Deir el-Bahri”
  • Tamil: “தேர் எல் பகாரி”
  • Turkish: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Turkish: “Deyrü’l Bahri”
  • Ukrainian: “Дейр ель-Бахрі”
  • Ukrainian: “Дейр-ель-Бахарі”
  • Urdu: “دیر البحری”
  • Uzbek: “Dayr ul-Bahriy”
  • Vietnamese: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Welsh: “Deir el-Bahari”
  • Welsh: “Deir el-Bahri”

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