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Medamud
الدامود
View of the ruins of the Temple of Montu at Medamud dating to the Ptolemaic and Roman period.
View of the ruins of the Temple of Montu at Medamud dating to the Ptolemaic and Roman period.
Medamud is located in Egypt
Medamud
Medamud
Coordinates: 25°43′N 32°39′E / 25.717°N 32.650°E / 25.717; 32.650
CountryEgypt
GovernorateLuxor
Population
 (2006)
 • Total15,091
Relief of the wall of Trajan representing a procession of singers and musicians in the honor of the Monthu at Medamoud.

Medamud (Arabic: الدامود, from Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲟⲩⲧ[1]) is a village in the Luxor Governorate of Egypt, about 8 km east-north from Luxor.

The Temple of Montu was located here. It was excavated by Fernand Bisson de la Roque in 1925, who identified several structures dedicated to the war-god Montu.

  1. ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 58.

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Medamud

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Medamud (Arabic: الدامود, from Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲟⲩⲧ) is a village in the Luxor Governorate of Egypt, about 8 km east-north from Luxor. The Temple of Montu...

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Montu

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surmounted by the insignia of the "four Montu" (Montu of Thebes, of Armant, of Medamud, and of El-Tod: the main cult centers of the god), all represented while...

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Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep

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a Hebsed chapel from Medamud, three lintels from Deir el-Bahri and Medamud, an architrave from Luxor and a doorjamb from Medamud that is now in the Louvre...

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Wegaf

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of Wegaf found by Legrain in the central court of the Great Temple. At Medamud, a red granite bark-stand from the Temple of Montu. The bark stand is variously...

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Ptolemy III Euergetes

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Jubilee-festivals as well as Ptah Tatjenen). Alexandria Canopus Sebennytos Edfu Medamud Esna Karnak Philae Ptolemy III financed construction projects at temples...

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Sobekemsaf I

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monuments. He also extensively restored and decorated the Temple of Monthu at Medamud where a fine high relief of this king making an offering before the gods...

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Ptolemy IV Philopator

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bears the title Great king. Alexandria Memphis Tanis Kharga Oasis Edfu Medamud Cusae Dakka Thebes Sehel Philae Koptos Tjebu Like his predecessors, Ptolemy...

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Eye of Ra

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there annually as early as the New Kingdom. At the temple of Montu at Medamud, in a festival that may date back to the late Middle Kingdom, it was Montu's...

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Roman Egypt

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The reign of Antoninus Pius – also patron of building works at Coptos, Medamud, Medinet Habu, and Tod – saw the last substantial building work on Egyptian...

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Alexandria

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Hathor

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" A hymn to the goddess Raet-Tawy as a form of Hathor at the temple of Medamud describes the Festival of Drunkenness (Tekh Festival) as part of her mythic...

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List of Egyptian hieroglyphs

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U+133E2 harp harp bjnt Determinative in bjnt, "arched harp"; (see article Medamud for relief usage) 𓏣 Y8 U+133E3 Sistrum Sistrum (sššt) sš, sššt (also sḫm)...

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Senusret III

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Senusret III erected a temple and town in Abydos, and another temple in Medamud. His court included the viziers Nebit, and Khnumhotep. Ikhernofret worked...

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New Administrative Capital

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Sekhem scepter

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procession of a woman with a bouquet of flowers, followed by a harpist, from Medamud illustrates the use of the word: "...(from) the gods, Power (of the) Harp-Music...

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Gates to the Temple of Medamud

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Gates to the Temple of Medamud are two monumental gateways to the Ptolemaic-era phase of the Temple of Montu at Medamud, located to the north of Luxor...

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Giza

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Amenhotep II

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construction of more temples. In upper Egypt, small shrines are attested at Medamud, el-Tod, and Armant. Karnak, despite not receiving the attention given...

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Tanta

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List of cities and towns in Egypt

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List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities

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4th Montu El-Tod Ḏrty, Touphion, Tuphium, Thouôt, Tuot Madu (Medamud) 4th Montu Medamud Nubt (Naqada) earlier than 3500 BC 5th Set (cult center) Naqada...

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Seth Meribre

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Wegaf rather than Seth Meribre, an opinion shared by Darrell Baker. At Medamud, northeast of Luxor, a temple has yielded many ruined structures and architectural...

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Wadi El Natrun

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Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon

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sarcophaguses and the gates of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy IV from the temple of Medamud dug by the Lyons archaeologist Alexandre Varille in 1939 and donated by...

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Rosetta

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New Alamein

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New Luxor, New Thebes, Zainiya, Bayadiya, Kurna, Armant, El-Tod, Esna, Medamud Aswan Governorate Aswan, New Aswan, Daraw, Kom Ombo, Nasr Al-Nuba, Kalabsha...

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