Deir el-Shelwit
Deir el-Shelwit is an ancient Egyptian temple to Isis from the Greco-Roman period. It stands on the West bank of the Nile at Luxor, 1 km from Malkata and about 4 km south of Medinet Habu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include West Bank and Malqata.
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.
Malqata
Archaeological site
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Malkata, is the site of an Ancient Egyptian palace complex built during the New Kingdom, by the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III. It is located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Upper Egypt, in the desert to the south of Medinet Habu. Malqata is situated 2½ km northeast of Deir el-Shelwit.
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. Medinet Habu is situated 3½ km northeast of Deir el-Shelwit.
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'. El-Assasif is situated 6 km northeast of Deir el-Shelwit.
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.
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.
Deir el-Shelwit
- Type: Ruins
- Description: Archaeological site in Egypt
- Categories: Egyptian temple, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.69514° or 25° 41′ 43″ northLongitude
32.57867° or 32° 34′ 43″ eastOpen location code
7GQJMHWH+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 346520677OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q820028
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Deir el-Shelwit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير الشلويط”
- Catalan: “temple romà de Deir Shelwit”
- Catalan: “Temple romà de Deir Shelwit”
- Dutch: “Deir el-Shelwit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير الشلويط”
- French: “Deir el-Shelwit”
- French: “Temple d’Isis de Deir Chelouit”
- French: “Temple d’Isis”
- German: “Dair Schelwit”
- German: “Deir el-Schelwit”
- German: “Deir esch-Schalwīṭ”
- Hungarian: “Dejr es-Selvít”
- Italian: “Deir el-Shelwit”
- Urdu: “معبد دیر شلویط”
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Highlights include Kom el-Samak and Kom el-‘Abd.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Deir el-Shelwit”. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.