Medinet Habu

Medinet Habu is an archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Hills on the of the River Nile opposite the modern city of , Egypt.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: mortuary temple of Ramses III in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Medinat Habu”, “Medinat Habu (Temple of Ramses III)”, “Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III”, and “Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include West Bank and Temple of Tutankhamen, Ay and Horemheb.

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The of in is also the gateway to the amazing , 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.

Archaeological site
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The Mortuary Temple of Ay and Horemheb is an Ancient Egyptian temple located at in the , on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of . is situated 160 metres northeast of Medinet Habu.

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The are two large stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined , the largest temple in the . is situated 1 km east of Medinet Habu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and New Al Qarnh City.

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'.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Medinet Habu.

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is a city in . It had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the . Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as , It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.

Medinet Habu

Latitude
25.71974° or 25° 43′ 11″ north
Longitude
32.60098° or 32° 36′ 4″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJ92+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 89828345
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q656040
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Medinet Habu” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Dodetempel van Ramses III”
  • Arabic: “مدينة هبو”
  • Arabic: “معبد رمسيس الثالث”
  • Arabic: “معبدرمسيس الثالث”
  • Belarusian: “Медынет-Абу”
  • Catalan: “temple de Medinet Habu”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Medinet Habu”
  • Chinese: “哈布城”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Ramses III”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد رمسيس التالت الجنائزى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد رمسيس التالت الجنازى”
  • French: “temple des millions d’années de Ramsès III”
  • French: “Temple des millions d’années de Ramsès III”
  • German: “Totentempel des Ramses III.”
  • German: “Totentempel Ramses III.”
  • Greek: “Μεντινέτ Χαμπού”
  • Hungarian: “III. Ramses templom”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Medinet Habu”
  • Italian: “Medinet Habu”
  • Japanese: “メディネト・ハブ (神殿)”
  • Japanese: “メディネト・ハブ”
  • Japanese: “ラムセス3世の葬祭殿”
  • Japanese: “ラムセス3世葬祭殿”
  • Lithuanian: “Medinet Habu”
  • Persian: “معبد هابو”
  • Polish: “Madinat Habu - Świątynia Grobowa Ramzesa III”
  • Portuguese: “Templo Mortuário de Ramessés III”
  • Romanian: “Medinet Habu”
  • Russian: “Мединет-Абу”
  • Slovenian: “Medinet Habu”
  • Spanish: “Templo funerario de Ramses III”
  • Spanish: “Templo funerario de Ramsés III”
  • Tamil: “மெடிநெத் அபு கோயில்”
  • Turkish: “Medinet Habu Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Медінет-Абу”
  • Urdu: “معبد رمسیس سوم”

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