Abusir el-Meleq (Ar. أبو صير الملق), also Abusir el-Melek - a town and archaeological site in Egypt, located in Beni Suef (Arabic: بني سويف, romanized: Baniswēf) is the capital city of the Beni Suef Governorate in Egypt an important agricultural trade centre on the west bank of the Nile river, the city is located 110 km (70 miles) south of Cairo.[1]