Medinet Habu
Medinet Habu is an archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt
- Also known as: “Ma‘bad Madīnat Hābū”, “Madīnat Habū”, and “Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include West Bank and Medinet Habu.
West Bank
Photo: MatthiasKabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West Bank of Luxor in Egypt is also the gateway to the amazing Valley of the Kings, and a string of pharaonic mortuary temples vies with the richly-decorated Tombs of the Nobles and the workmen's village, Deir el-Medineh, for the visitors’ attention.
Medinet Habu
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Medinet Habu is an archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt.
Memnon Statue
Photo: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Colossi of Memnon are two large stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theban Necropolis. Memnon Statue is situated 1 km east of Medinet Habu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.
El-Assasif
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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'.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in southern Egypt. It 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, It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.
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.
Medinet Habu
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Luxor Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Medinet Habu” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Medinet Haboe”
- Arabic: “مدينة هابو”
- Arabic: “مدينة هبو”
- Arabic: “معبد مدينة هابو”
- Arabic: “هابو”
- Basque: “Medinet Habu”
- Catalan: “Madinet Habu”
- Catalan: “Medinet Habu”
- Catalan: “Temple de Ramsès III”
- Cebuano: “Madīnat Habū”
- Chinese: “哈布城”
- Czech: “Džamet”
- Czech: “Medínet Habu”
- Czech: “Medínit Habu”
- Danish: “Medinet Habu”
- Dutch: “Medinet Haboe”
- Dutch: “Medinet Habu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة هابو”
- Esperanto: “Medinet Habu”
- Finnish: “Medinet Habu”
- French: “Djêmé”
- French: “Medinet Abou”
- French: “Médinet Abou”
- French: “Medinet Habou”
- French: “Médinet Habou”
- French: “Médinet-Habou”
- French: “Temple d’Aï et d’Horemheb”
- German: “Djamet”
- German: “Djeme”
- German: “Madinat Habu”
- German: “Madīnat Habū”
- German: “Madīnat Hābū”
- German: “Medinet Habu”
- German: “Medînet Hâbu”
- German: “Tjamet”
- Hebrew: “מדינת האבו”
- Hungarian: “III. Ramszesz halotti temploma”
- Hungarian: “Medinet Habu”
- Italian: “Medinet Habu”
- Italian: “Medinet-Habu”
- Japanese: “メディネト・ハブ”
- Persian: “هابو”
- Polish: “Madinat Habu”
- Polish: “Medinet Habu”
- Portuguese: “Medinet Habu”
- Spanish: “Madinet Habu”
- Spanish: “Medinet Habu”
- Spanish: “Medinet Habú”
- Swedish: “Madīnat Habū”
- Swedish: “Medinet Habu”
- Tamil: “மெடிநெத் அபு”
- Turkish: “Medinet Habu”
- Ukrainian: “Медінет Абу”
- Urdu: “ھابو (شہر)”
- Urdu: “ھابو”
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