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Medamud
الدامود | |
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 View of the ruins of the Temple of Montu at Medamud dating to the Ptolemaic and Roman period. | |
  Medamud | |
| Coordinates: 25°43′N 32°39′E / 25.717°N 32.650°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Luxor |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 15,091 |
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.
- ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 58.
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