El-Assasif
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is an Egyptian archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the West Bank of Luxor.
Ramesseum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II.
Deir el-Bahri
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt.
Localities in the Area
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt, which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
El-Assasif
- Type: Village
- Description: ancient necropolis in Egypt
- Categories: necropolis, archaeological site and locality
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.73333° or 25° 44' northLongitude
32.61667° or 32° 37' eastElevation
88 metres (289 feet)Open Location Code
7GQJPJM8+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 768736220OpenStreetMap Feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
361539Wikidata ID
Q286631El-Assasif Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: العساسيف
- Catalan: Asasif
- Catalan: Necròpolis d'Asasif
- Catalan: Vall d'Asasif
- Dutch: El-Assasif
- Egyptian Arabic: مقابر العساسيف
- English: Assasif
- English: al-Asāsīf
- French: Al Asasif
- French: El-Assasif
- German: Al-Asasif
- German: Al Asasif
- German: Asasif
- German: El-Asasif
- German: El-Assasif
- German: ʿAsāsīf
- Greek: Al-Assasif
- Greek: Al Asasif
- Greek: El-Assasif
- Greek: Ελ-Ασασίφ
- Hebrew: אל-עסאסיף
- Hindi: अल-अससीफ
- Hungarian: Al Asasif
- Indonesian: El-Assasif
- Italian: El-Assasif
- Polish: El-Assasif
- Russian: Аль-Ассасиф
- Russian: Эль-Ассасиф
- Spanish: Asasif
- Spanish: El-Assasif
- Spanish: El Assasif
- Ukrainian: Ель-Ассасіф
- Al 'Asasif
- Al ‘Asāsīf
- El Asasif, Al Asasif
- El Asasif
Other Places Named El-Assasif
Localities in the Area
- New Al Qarnh CityVillage
- Ilwat al Shaykh Abd al QurnahLocality
- Al QurnaVillage, 2½ km southwest
- Al Baairat VillageVillage, 3 km south
- Ezbet Abu HabashiVillage, 4 km northeast
Landmarks in the Area
- TT 414Archaeological site
- hot-air balloon
- al-AsāsīfArchaeological site
- Tomb of Puyemre (TT39)Archaeological site
- TT39 (Puimre)Archaeological site
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page El-Assasif. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.