Deir el-Medina

Deir el-Medina, or Dayr al-Madīnah, is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient Egyptian village in the Valley of the Kings
  • Also known as: “Dair al-Madīna”, “Dayr al-Madīna”, “Deir al-Médîna”, “Deir al-Medinah”, “Deïr el-Médina”, “Deir el-Medine”, “Deir el-Medineh”, “Deir-al-Madinah”, “Dolina obrtnikov”, “Lugar de la Verdad”, “Luogo della Verità”, “Necròpolis de deir al Madinah”, “Necròpolis de Deir al-Madinah”, “Necròpolis deir al Madinah”, “Necròpolis Deir al-Madinah”, “Szet Maat”, “Valle degli Artigiani”, “Vallei der ambachtslieden”, “Valley of the Artisans”, “Дейр эль-Мединэ”, “Дейр-эль-Мединэ”, “Сет-Маат”, “דיר אל מדינה”, “デール・エル・メディーナ”, and “デイル・エル＝メディナ”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Valley of the Kings and TT359 Inherkha.

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The is an archaeological…

Cemetery
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The Tomb TT359, also referred to as the Tomb…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and New Al Qarnh City.

Village
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , .

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Deir el-Medina.

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is a city in .

Deir el-Medina

Latitude
25.72807° or 25° 43′ 41″ north
Longitude
32.60136° or 32° 36′ 5″ east
Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)
Open location code
7GQJPJH2+6G
Geo­Names ID
8224895
Wiki­data ID
Q750212
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Deir el-Medina” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير المدينة”
  • Asturian: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Basque: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Belarusian: “Дэйр эль-Медына”
  • Bulgarian: “Дейр ел-Медина”
  • Catalan: “Deir al-Madinah”
  • Cebuano: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Chinese: “代爾麥地那”
  • Chinese: “德尔麦地那”
  • Chinese: “德爾麥地那”
  • Czech: “Dér el-Medína”
  • Danish: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Dutch: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير المدينه”
  • Esperanto: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Finnish: “Deir El Medina”
  • Finnish: “Deir el-Medina”
  • French: “Deir el-Médineh”
  • Galician: “Deir el-Medina”
  • German: “Deir el-Madīna”
  • German: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Greek: “Ντέιρ ελ-Μεντίνα”
  • Hebrew: “דיר אל-מדינה”
  • Hindi: “देइर अल-मदीना”
  • Hungarian: “Dejr el-Medina”
  • Indonesian: “Dayr al-Madinah”
  • Indonesian: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Italian: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Japanese: “デイル・エル・メディーナ”
  • Latin: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Lithuanian: “Deir el Medina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deir-el-Medineh”
  • Norwegian: “Deir-el-Medineh”
  • Polish: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Portuguese: “Deir Almedina”
  • Portuguese: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Russian: “Дейр эль-Медина”
  • Russian: “Дейр-эль-Медина”
  • Serbian: “Деир ел Медина”
  • Slovenian: “Deir el Medina”
  • Slovenian: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Spanish: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Swedish: “Deir-el-Medineh”
  • Tamil: “தேர் அல்-மதினா”
  • Turkish: “Set Maat”
  • Ukrainian: “Дейр-ель-Медіна”
  • Urdu: “دیر مدینہ”

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