Meir, Egypt

Meir
Meir Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 27°24′32″N 30°42′38″E / 27.40889°N 30.71056°E / 27.40889; 30.71056
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Asyut
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	+3

The necropolis of Meir (Arabic: مقابر مير, romanized: Maqābir Mayr, lit. 'cemetery of Mayr/Meir') is an archaeological site in Middle Egypt in the Asyut Governorate located on the west bank of the Nile. Here are the graves of the nomarchs, mayors and priests of Cusae from the ancient Egyptian Old and Middle Kingdom.

The cemetery is named after the village of Meir at 27°27′N 30°45′E / 27.450°N 30.750°E / 27.450; 30.750 situated some 5 kilometers to the northeast of the cemetery and some 7 kilometers southwest of el-Qusiya (ancient Cusae).