Meidoum
Meidum, Maydum or Maidum is an archaeological site in Lower Egypt. It contains a large pyramid and several mudbrick mastabas. This was Egypt's first smooth-sided true pyramid, but it partially collapsed in antiquity.
- Village with about 15,800 residents
- Description: village in Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt
- Also known as“English: Meidumius pyramid”“Meidum”
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Meidum, Maydum or Maidum is an archaeological site in Lower Egypt.
Meidoum
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Latitude
29.37296° or 29° 22′ 23″ north
Longitude
31.17137° or 31° 10′ 17″ east
Open location code
7GXH95FC+5G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Meidoum” goes by many names.
قرية هرم ميدومArabic
ميدومArabic
ميدوم، بنى سويفArabic
ميدوم، بني سويفArabic
میدومArabic
ՄեյդումArmenian
MeidumAzerbaijani
MeidumBasque
Meidumeko piramideaBasque
МедумBelarusian
Піраміда ў МедумеBelarusian
MeidumCatalan
美杜姆Chinese
美都姆Chinese
麦杜门Chinese
MeidumCroatian
Piramida u MeidumuCroatian
Pyramida v MédúmuCzech
MeidoemDutch
MeidumDutch
ميدومEgyptian Arabic
هرم ميدومEgyptian Arabic
MeiduminFinnish
Meidumin pyramidiFinnish
ΜεϊντούμGreek
מיידוםHebrew
MeidumIndonesian
MeidumIrish
MeidumItalian
Piramide di MeidumItalian
メイドゥームJapanese
メイドゥーム・ピラミッドJapanese
メイドゥームのピラミッドJapanese
メイドゥームの階段ピラミッドJapanese
MeidumasLithuanian
MeidumNorwegian
MeidumNorwegian Bokmål
میدومPersian
MajdumPolish
MeidumPolish
MeidumRomanian
МедумRussian
МейдумRussian
Пирамида в МедумеRussian
Médúmska pyramídaSlovak
Pyramída v MédúmeSlovak
Pyramída v MejdúmeSlovak
MeidumSlovenian
MeidumSwedish
மெய்தும் பிரமிடுTamil
ไมดุมThai
МейдумUkrainian
ميدومUrdu
میدومUrdu
MeidumVietnamese
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