Medinet Habu (Arabic: مدينة هابو; Ancient Egyptian: ḏꜣmwt; Sahidic Coptic: (ⲧ)ϫⲏⲙⲉ, ϫⲏⲙⲏ, ϫⲉⲙⲉ, ϫⲉⲙⲏ, ϫⲏⲙⲓ; Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲏⲙⲓ)[1] 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. Although other structures are located within the area and important discoveries have also been made at these sites, the location is today associated almost synonymously with the largest and best preserved site, the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III.
The site of these temples included an inhabited human settlement since pharaonic times, which continued until the 9th century, by which time it was a Coptic center. The last remnants of the former town were cleared during the excavations at the end of the 19th century.[3]
^ abGauthier, Henri (1929). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 6. pp. 105–106.
^Wallis Budge, E. A. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. Vol II. John Murray. p. 1058.
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MedinetHabu (Arabic: مدينة هابو; Ancient Egyptian: ḏꜣmwt; Sahidic Coptic: (ⲧ)ϫⲏⲙⲉ, ϫⲏⲙⲏ, ϫⲉⲙⲉ, ϫⲉⲙⲏ, ϫⲏⲙⲓ; Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲏⲙⲓ) is an archaeological...
of war, found in Ramesses III's palaces at MedinetHabu (adjacent to the Mortuary Temple at MedinetHabu) and Tell el-Yahudiyeh. Large numbers of faience...
constructed one of the largest mortuary temples of western Thebes, now called MedinetHabu. He was assassinated in the Harem conspiracy led by his secondary wife...
The Temple of Ramesses III at MedinetHabu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size...
the sea") in 1855 in a description of reliefs on the Second Pylon at MedinetHabu, documenting Year 8 of Ramesses III. In the late 19th century, Gaston...
The memorial temple of Ramesses III at MedinetHabu contains a minor list of pharaohs of the New Kingdom of Egypt. The inscriptions closely resemble the...
on the temple walls of the mortuary temple of pharaoh Ramesses III at MedinetHabu. In the 12th century BC, the Sea Peoples (which consisted of several...
the southern abandoned coast of Canaan, recording this victory on a MedinetHabu temple inscription dated to c. 1150 BC. The pwrꜣsꜣtj are generally identified...
known about the battle comes from the mortuary temple of Ramesses III in MedinetHabu. The description of the battle and prisoners is documented in detail...
Arm”) is shown on a stone block originally from the Ramesseum, reused in MedinetHabu. His name shows Asian influence like that of Bintanath and Mahiranath...
during the 20th Dynasty, Ramesses III constructed his own temple at MedinetHabu. This was the largest mortuary temple to be built. The construction began...
all cases but three, features a circular accouterment at the crest. At MedinetHabu the corslet appears similar to that worn by the Philistines. The Sherden...
from the "Story of Wenamun", the Tjeker are also documented earlier, at MedinetHabu, as raiders defeated by Pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt in years 5, 8,...
is the largest known dyad ever carved. The statue originally stood in MedinetHabu, Western Thebes; today it is the centerpiece of the main hall of the...
grounds of MedinetHabu. She was succeeded as Divine Adoratrice by Amenirdis II, who was succeeded by Nitocris I. Shepenupet II at MedinetHabu Shepenupet...
Medamud, MedinetHabu, and Tod – saw the last substantial building work on Egyptian temples.: 16 After those of Antoninus Pius found at MedinetHabu, Deir...
reign of Ramesses III, namely the second pylon of his mortuary temple at MedinetHabu, and the Great Harris Papyrus. No visual representation of the Weshesh...
dated c. 1150 BC, at the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at the Medinat Habu Temple in Luxor – one of the best‑preserved temples of Egypt – refers to...
Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Upper Egypt, in the desert to the south of MedinetHabu. The site also included a temple dedicated to Amenhotep III's Great Royal...
MedinetHabu – facing outboard at stem and stern – invites comparison with the bird boats (Vogelbarke) of Central Europe "The Vogelbarke of Medinet Habu...
they built a large fleet and took control of the sea. The temple of MedinetHabu has reliefs depicting the fleet of Ramses III fighting a naval battle...
Ancient Iraq "SAOC 12. Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in MedinetHabu Volumes 1 and 2 | The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago"...
the nineteenth-century Egyptomania. Winged sun on a cavetto from the MedinetHabu temple complex. The winged sun represents a form of the falcon god Horus...
— Inscription from the second pylon of the temple of Ramesses III at MedinetHabu Not only Egypt was affected by the Sea People invasions. The empire of...
from Egypt, with some 1,500 lines of text." It was found in a tomb near MedinetHabu, across the Nile river from Luxor, Egypt, and purchased by collector...
II record the liturgy used by the priests, and reliefs at Karnak and MedinetHabu illustrate select rites and spells. The bulk of the rituals concern preparing...
curiously altered inscription. The basalt image originally was stationed at Medinet-Habu as part of the cultic celebration of the pharaonic "Sed-Festival", but...
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