Back Medinet Haboe Afrikaans هابو (مدينة) Arabic مدينة هابو ARZ Medinet Habu Catalan Madīnat Habū CEB Medínit Habu Czech Medinet Habu German Medinet Habu Spanish Medinet Habu Basque هابو (شهر) Persian
Coptic: ϫⲏⲙⲉ | ||||||||||
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  Medinet Habu Location within Egypt | ||||||||||
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| Region | Upper Egypt | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°43′11″N 32°36′03″E / 25.71972°N 32.60083°E | |||||||||
| Type | Temple/settlement | |||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| Abandoned | 9th century AD | |||||||||
| Periods | Early Dynastic Period to Early Middle Ages | |||||||||
Medinet Habu (Arabic: مدينة هابو, Madīnat Hābū; 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]
- ^ a b Gauthier, 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.
- ^ "Medinet Habu". An Archaeological Atlas of Coptic Literature.[permanent dead link]