El-Tod
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El-Tod ( , from , , , ) was the site of an ancient Egyptian town and a temple to the Egyptian god Montu. It is located southwest of Luxor, Egypt, near the settlement of Hermonthis. A modern village now surrounds the site.
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- Locality
- المعلة
- Region
- الأقصر
- Country
- مصر
- Population
- 30,780
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- El-Tod
- Ancient site.native_name
- Tuphiumطود
- Ancient site.image
- El-Tod 21.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- Northeastern side of the Ptolemaic pronaos of the Temple of Montu in El-Tod
- Ancient site.map_type
- Egypt
- Ancient site.location
- Luxor Governorate, Egypt
- Ancient site.region
- Upper Egypt
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Culture
- Remains
- Tod Treasure
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
El-Tod ( , from , , , ) was the site of an ancient Egyptian town and a temple to the Egyptian god Montu. It is located southwest of Luxor, Egypt, near the settlement of Hermonthis. A modern village now surrounds the site.
==History== The history of the site can be traced to the Old Kingdom period of Egyptian history. A granite pillar of the Fifth dynasty pharaoh, Userkaf, is the oldest object found at El-Tod. It was this same pharaoh who ordered that the temple to Montu be enlarged. Evidence of Eleventh dynasty building is shown in the discovery of blocks bearing the names of Mentuhotep II and Mentuhotep III. Under Senwosret I, these buildings were replaced with a new temple. Further additions to this temple were made under Ptolemy VIII.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “El-Tod” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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