Qurnet Murai
Qurnet Murai is a necropolis located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Egypt, just to the south of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. It was also used as a cemetery for officials of the New Kingdom administration in Thebes.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Ramesseum.
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is an Egyptian archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the West Bank of Luxor. 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.
Ramesseum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is located in the Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt, on the west of the River Nile, across from the modern city of Luxor. Ramesseum is situated 720 metres east of Qurnet Murai.
Dayr al-Madīnah
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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 Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt. Dayr al-Madīnah is situated 350 metres northwest of Qurnet Murai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Assasif and New Al Qarnh City.
El-Assasif
Village
Photo: Merlin UK, 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'.
New Al Qarnh City
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Al Qarnh City is a village, which is situated 3 km northeast of Qurnet Murai.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor 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.
Qurnet Murai
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: settlement and archaeological site at the Luxor West Bank
- Categories: former settlement, Ancient Egyptian necropolis, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Qena Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.72586° or 25° 43′ 33″ northLongitude
32.60344° or 32° 36′ 12″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPJG3+89OpenStreetMap ID
way 1558277875OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1754795
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Qurnet Murai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قرنة مرعي”
- Catalan: “Gurnat Murrayi”
- Croatian: “Qurnet Murai”
- Dutch: “Qurnet Murai”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قرنة مرعى”
- French: “Gournet Mourraï”
- German: “Qurnat Maraʿī”
- German: “Qurnat Mura’i”
- German: “Qurnat Murai”
- German: “Qurnet Murai”
- German: “Qurnet Murrai”
- Hebrew: “קורנת מוראי”
- Italian: “Qurnet Murai”
- Russian: “Курнет-Мурай”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Qurnet Murai”
- Spanish: “Qurnet Murai”
- Urdu: “قرنہ مرعی”
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Highlights include Topos of Saint Mark and Deir El-Medineh.
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