Tod Attractions
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The village of Tod, the ancient Egyptian Djerti and Graeco-Roman Tuphium, lies on the east bank of the Nile 12.5mi/20km south of Luxor. It contains the picturesque remains of a large temple of the Ptolemaic and Roman Imperial periods dedicated to the war god Month.
History
There seems to have been a temple here as early as the reign of Userkaf (Fifth Dynasty). It was rebuilt during the Middle Kingdom, in the reigns of Mentuhotep II and III (11th Dynasty) and Sesostris I (12th Dynasty), and thereafter embellished and much enlarged during the New Kingdom, in the reigns of Tuthmosis III and Amenophis II (18th Dynasty), Sethos I (19th Dynasty), the 19th Dynasty usurper Amenmesses, and Ramesses II and IV (20th Dynasty). Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II added a further temple and a sacred lake. In the vicinity was a kiosk of the Roman period, and just outside the temple precinct were Roman baths.
History
There seems to have been a temple here as early as the reign of Userkaf (Fifth Dynasty). It was rebuilt during the Middle Kingdom, in the reigns of Mentuhotep II and III (11th Dynasty) and Sesostris I (12th Dynasty), and thereafter embellished and much enlarged during the New Kingdom, in the reigns of Tuthmosis III and Amenophis II (18th Dynasty), Sethos I (19th Dynasty), the 19th Dynasty usurper Amenmesses, and Ramesses II and IV (20th Dynasty). Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II added a further temple and a sacred lake. In the vicinity was a kiosk of the Roman period, and just outside the temple precinct were Roman baths.
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