North Africa
Egypt
Qena Governorate

Dayr al-Madīnah

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 during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt.
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  • Type: Scree
  • Description: ancient Egyptian village in the Valley of the Kings
  • Also known as: “Deir el-Medina”, “Set Maat”, “The Worker’s Village”, and “Valley of the Artisans”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of the Kings and TT359 Inherkha.

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The is an archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the of . 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.

Cemetery
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The Tomb TT359, also referred to as the Tomb of Inherkhau, is located in , part of the , on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to . is situated 100 metres southwest of Dayr al-Madīnah.

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The is the memorial temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is located in the in , on the west of the River Nile, across from the modern city of . is situated 1 km east of Dayr al-Madīnah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.

Village
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , . It is located in the dry bay that leads up to and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.

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is a city in . had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the . It is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.

Dayr al-Madīnah

Latitude
25.72834° or 25° 43′ 42″ north
Longitude
32.60129° or 32° 36′ 5″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJH2+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 89828313
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­scree
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q750212
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Dayr al-Madīnah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير المدينة”
  • Basque: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Belarusian: “Дэйр эль-Медына”
  • Catalan: “Dayr al-Madīna”
  • Catalan: “Deir al-Madinah”
  • Catalan: “Deir al-Medinah”
  • Catalan: “Deir el Medina”
  • Catalan: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Catalan: “Necròpolis de deir al Madinah”
  • Catalan: “Necròpolis de Deir al-Madinah”
  • Catalan: “Necròpolis deir al Madinah”
  • Catalan: “Necròpolis Deir al-Madinah”
  • Cebuano: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Chinese: “德尔麦地那”
  • Chinese: “德爾麥地那”
  • Czech: “Dér el-Medína”
  • Danish: “Deir el Medina”
  • Danish: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Dutch: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Dutch: “Deir el-Medineh”
  • Dutch: “Vallei der ambachtslieden”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير المدينة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير المدينه”
  • Esperanto: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Finnish: “Deir el-Medina”
  • French: “Deir al-Médîna”
  • French: “Deïr el-Médina”
  • French: “Deir el-Médineh”
  • Galician: “Deir el-Medina”
  • German: “Dair al-Madīna”
  • German: “Deir el-Madīna”
  • German: “Deir el-Medina”
  • German: “Deir el-Medine”
  • German: “Deir el-Medineh”
  • Greek: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Greek: “Ντέιρ ελ-Μεντίνα”
  • Hebrew: “דיר אל מדינה”
  • Hebrew: “דיר אל-מדינה”
  • Hindi: “देइर अल-मदीना”
  • Hungarian: “Dejr el-Medina”
  • Hungarian: “Szet Maat”
  • Indonesian: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Italian: “Deir el Medina”
  • Italian: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Italian: “Luogo della Verità”
  • Italian: “Valle degli Artigiani”
  • Japanese: “デール・エル・メディーナ”
  • Japanese: “デイル・エル・メディーナ”
  • Japanese: “デイル・エル＝メディナ”
  • Latin: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Lithuanian: “Deir el Medina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deir al-Madinah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deir-al-Madinah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deir-el-Medineh”
  • Norwegian: “Deir-el-Medineh”
  • Polish: “Deir el-Medina - Starożytna Wioska Budowniczych Piramid”
  • Polish: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Portuguese: “Deir Almedina”
  • Portuguese: “Deir el Medina”
  • Portuguese: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Russian: “Дейр эль-Медина”
  • Russian: “Дейр эль-Мединэ”
  • Russian: “Дейр-эль-Медина”
  • Russian: “Дейр-эль-Мединэ”
  • Russian: “Сет-Маат”
  • Serbian: “Деир ел Медина”
  • Slovenian: “Deir el Medina”
  • Slovenian: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Slovenian: “Dolina obrtnikov”
  • Spanish: “Deir el Medina”
  • Spanish: “Deir el-Medina”
  • Spanish: “Lugar de la Verdad”
  • Spanish: “Set Maat”
  • Swedish: “Deir al-Madinah”
  • Swedish: “Deir el Medina”
  • Swedish: “Deir el-Medineh”
  • Swedish: “Deir-el-Medineh”
  • Tamil: “தேர் அல்-மதினா”
  • Turkish: “Set Maat”
  • Ukrainian: “Дейр-ель-Медіна”
  • Urdu: “دیر مدینہ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Deir El-Medineh and TT3 - Tomb of Pashedu.

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