Meidoum

Meidum, Maydum or Maidum is an archaeological site in . It contains a large pyramid and several mudbrick mastabas. The pyramid was Egypt's first straight-sided one, but it partially collapsed in ancient times.
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  • Type: Village with 15,800 residents
  • Description: village in Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as: “English: Meidumius pyramid” and “Meidum”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Meidum Pyramid.

Archaeological site
Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meidum, Maydum or Maidum is an archaeological site in . It contains a large pyramid and several mudbrick mastabas. The pyramid was Egypt's first straight-sided one, but it partially collapsed in ancient times.

Meidoum

Latitude
29.37296° or 29° 22′ 23″ north
Longitude
31.17137° or 31° 10′ 17″ east
Population
15,800
Open location code
7GXH95FC+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 331953447
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q1066424
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Meidoum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قرية هرم ميدوم”
  • Arabic: “ميدوم، بنى سويف”
  • Arabic: “ميدوم، بني سويف”
  • Arabic: “ميدوم”
  • Azerbaijani: “Meidum”
  • Basque: “Meidum”
  • Basque: “Meidumeko piramidea”
  • Belarusian: “Медум”
  • Belarusian: “Піраміда ў Медуме”
  • Catalan: “Meidum”
  • Chinese: “美杜姆”
  • Chinese: “美都姆”
  • Chinese: “麦杜门”
  • Croatian: “Meidum”
  • Croatian: “Piramida u Meidumu”
  • Czech: “Pyramida v Médúmu”
  • Dutch: “Meidoem”
  • Dutch: “Meidum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدوم”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم ميدوم”
  • Finnish: “Meidumin pyramidi”
  • Finnish: “Meidumin”
  • French: “Meïdoum”
  • French: “pyramide de Meïdoum”
  • German: “Maidum”
  • German: “Meidum”
  • German: “Pyramidenkomplex von Meidūm”
  • Greek: “Μεϊντούμ”
  • Hebrew: “מיידום”
  • Indonesian: “Meidum”
  • Irish: “Meidum”
  • Italian: “Meidum”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Meidum”
  • Japanese: “メイドゥーム・ピラミッド”
  • Japanese: “メイドゥーム”
  • 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”
  • Lithuanian: “Meidumas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Meidum”
  • Norwegian: “Meidum”
  • Persian: “می‌دوم”
  • Polish: “Majdum”
  • Polish: “Meidum”
  • Portuguese: “Meidum”
  • Romanian: “Meidum”
  • Russian: “Медум”
  • Russian: “Мейдум”
  • Russian: “Пирамида в Медуме”
  • Slovak: “Médúmska pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Pyramída v Médúme”
  • Slovak: “Pyramída v Mejdúme”
  • Slovenian: “Meidum”
  • Spanish: “Meidum”
  • Swedish: “Meidum”
  • Tamil: “மெய்தும் பிரமிடு”
  • Thai: “ไมดุม”
  • Ukrainian: “Мейдум”
  • Urdu: “ميدوم”
  • Vietnamese: “Meidum”

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