Medamud

Medamud
الدامود
View of the ruins of the Temple of Montu at Medamud dating to the Ptolemaic and Roman period.
View of the ruins of the Temple of Montu at Medamud dating to the Ptolemaic and Roman period.
Medamud is located in Egypt
Medamud
Medamud
Coordinates: 25°43′N 32°39′E / 25.717°N 32.650°E / 25.717; 32.650
CountryEgypt
GovernorateLuxor
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
15,091
Relief of the wall of Trajan representing a procession of singers and musicians in the honor of the Monthu at Medamoud.

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.

  1. ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 58.