Mallawi Attractions
The busy district capital of Mallawi lies on the west bank of the lbrahimiya Canal in the extensive area of cultivated land between the Bahr Yusuf and the Nile. In spite of its rapid industrial development the town has preserved much of its old rural character. There is a colorful weekly market to which the people of the surrounding area flock to sell their produce.
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Funerary Temple of Potosiris
(Tuna el-Gebel)
The Funerary Temple of Potosiris located at Tuna el-Gebel has impressive reliefs showing Potosiris and his family, along with their workers, undertaking significant tasks.
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Northern Group of Tombs
(Tell el-Amarna)
The Northern Group of Tombs at Tell el-Amarna consist of 25 tombs and are considered similar in nature to the ones found at Abd el-Qurna in western Thebes.
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Southern Group of Tombs
(Tell el-Amarna)
The Tell el-Amarna Southern Group of Tombs is located approximately one hour away from the Northern Group of Tombs. Among these are the Tomb of Ay, Enei, and Epei, and the Family Tomb of Amenophis IV.
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Tell el-Amarna
The site of Tell el-Amarna consists of tombs and other remains from the ancient city of Akhetaten.
Museum
Mallawi has an interesting Museum containing archeological material from Hermopolis Magna and the Tuna el-Gebel and Meir areas, including many mummies, sarcophagi and statuettes of ibises, which were worshiped here together with baboons as animals sacred to the god Thoth, and also glass, pottery, faience, domestic equipment and numerous papyri.
