Tuphium طود | |
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  Shown within Egypt | |
| Location | Luxor Governorate, Egypt |
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| Region | Upper Egypt |
| Coordinates | 25°34′59″N 32°32′1″E / 25.58306°N 32.53361°E |
| Type | Settlement |
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| ḏrtj[1] in hieroglyphs | |||
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El-Tod (Arabic: طود aṭ-Ṭūd, from Coptic: ⲧⲟⲟⲩⲧ or ⲧⲁⲩⲧ, Ancient Egyptian: Ḏrty, lit. 'falcon',[2] Ancient Greek: Τουφιον, Latin: Tuphium[3]) was the site of an ancient Egyptian town[4] and a temple to the Egyptian god Montu.[5] It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Luxor, Egypt,[4] near the settlement of Hermonthis.[6] A modern village now surrounds the site.
- ^ Gauthier, Henri (1929). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 6. pp. 130–131.
- ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 95.
- ^ "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ a b Simon Hayter. "Tod the site of ancient Djerty (Graeco-Roman Tuphium)". Ancient Egypt Web Site. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ Arnold, Dieter (2003). The encyclopaedia of ancient Egyptian architecture. I.B.Tauris. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-86064-465-8. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ Jean-François Champollion (1814). L'Égypt sous les Pharaons: ou Recherches sur la géographie, la réligion, la langue, les écritures et l'histoire de l'Égypte avant l'invasion de Cambyse (in French). Chez de Bure frères. p. 195. Retrieved 15 December 2011.