Madīnat Māḍī - Madīnat Māḍī

Madinat Madi (Greek: Narmouthis, Ibion, Arabic:مدينة ماضي‎, Madīnat Māḍī, „the city of Māḍī“, Coptic: Ⲛⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ) is an archaeological site and an archaeological park in the Faiyūm in Egypt.

getting there

mobility

It is possible to be accompanied by police officers when visiting sites in Faiyūm.

Tourist Attractions

Entry to the archaeological site costs LE 50, for foreign students LE 25 (as of 11/2019).

Visitor center

Dromos

• South altar
• Pair of lions with inscriptions
• South kiosk
• Northern kiosk
• Residential buildings

temple

• Temple of the goddess Renenutet
• Chapel of Isis
• Temple B (counter-temple)
• Temple C

court

• Colonnade
• Fountain

kitchen

accommodation

There are hotels on the southern edge of the Qārūn Lake and in Madīnat el-Faiyūm.

trips

literature

• Lexicons:
  • Wilfong, Terry G.: Fayum, Graeco-Roman sites. In:Bard, Kathryn A. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt. London, New York: Routledge, 1999, ISBN 978-0-415-18589-9 , Pp. 311-313.

• Generally:
  • Bresciani, Edda; Giammarusti, Antonio: I templi di Medinet Madi nel Fayum. Pisa: Pisa University Press, 2015, Progetti; 4th, ISBN 978-88-6741-452-9 . Description of the archaeological park with the exception of the residential buildings. In Italian.
  • Edda Bresciani ; Siliotti, Alberto (Ed.): Medinet Madi: archaeological guide. Verona: Geodia, 2010, ISBN 978-88-87177-89-3 .

• Excavation publications:
  • Vogliano, A.: Primo Rapporto degli scavi condotti dalla Missione Archeologica d’Egitto della R. Università di Milano nella zona di Madīnet Mādī: campagna inverno e primavera 1935-XIII. Milano, 1936.
  • Vogliano, A.: Secondo rapporto degli scavi condotti dalla missione archeologico d’Egitto della R. Università di Milano nella zona di Madinet Madi: campagna inverno e primavera 1936-XIV. Milano, 1937.
  • Naumann, Rudolf: The Temple of the Middle Kingdom in Medinet Madi. In:Announcements from the German Institute for Egyptian Antiquity in Cairo (MDAIK), vol.8 (1938), Pp. 185-189.