Editing Montu (section)

== Temples ==
[[File:Menthu and Ptolemy IV.jpg|left|thumb|310x310px|Pharaoh [[Ptolemy IV Philopator]] (222–204 BC) adoring Montu — in the "Place Of Truth" of [[Deir el-Medina]].]]

=== Medamud ===
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The Temple complex of Montu in [[Medamud]], the ancient Medu, less than five kilometers north-east of today's [[Luxor]],<ref>[[Joann Fletcher|Fletcher, Joann]]. (2011) ''Cleopatra the Great: The Woman Behind the Legend''. HarperCollins, {{ISBN|978-0-06-210605-6}}. pp. 114ss.</ref> was built by the great Pharaoh [[Senusret III]] (c. 1878–1839 BC) of the [[Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt|12th Dynasty]], probably on a pre-existing sacred site of the [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]]. The temple courtyard was used as a dwelling for the living [[Buchis]] bull, revered as an incarnation of Montu.<ref name=":3" /> The main entrance was to the north-east, while a [[sacred lake]] was probably on the west side of the sanctuary. The building consisted of two distinct adjoining sections, perhaps a temple to the north and a temple to the south (houses of the priests). It was built in raw bricks, while the innermost [[cella]] of the deity was built of carved stone. The templar complex of Medamud underwent important restorations and renovations during the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]], and in the [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Ptolemaic]] and [[Egypt (Roman province)|Roman period]].<ref name=":6" />

=== Armant ===
[[File:Frith, Francis (1822-1898) - Views in Egypt and Nubia - n. 357 - The Temple of Erment.jpg|thumb|180x180px|Ruins of the Temple of Armant in a 19th-century photography.]]
At [[Armant, Egypt|Armant]], the ancient Iuni, there was an impressive Temple of Montu at least since the 11th Dynasty, which may have been native of Armant. King Mentuhotep II is its first known builder, but the original complex was enlarged and embellished during the 12th Dynasty, the less well-known [[Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt|13th Dynasty]] (c. 1803–1649 BC), and later in the New Kingdom (especially under King [[Thutmose III]]).<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AWSGAgAAQBAJ&q=11th+dynasty+armant&pg=PA144|title=Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt|last=Bard|first=Kathryn A.|author-link=Kathryn A. Bard |date=2005-11-03|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134665259|language=en}}</ref> [[Ramesses II]] (1279–1213 BC) and his son [[Merneptah]] (1213–1203 BC) of the [[Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt|19th Dynasty]] added colossi and statues.<ref name=":7" /> It was dismantled, except for a [[Pylon (architecture)|pylon]], in the Late Period (7th/4th century BC) — but a new temple was begun by King [[Nectanebo II]] (360–342 BC), the last native pharaoh of Egypt, and continued by the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemies]]. In the 1st century BC, [[Cleopatra|Cleopatra VII]] (51–30 BC) built a [[mammisi]] and a sacred lake there in honour of her son, the very young [[Caesarion|Ptolemy XV Caesarion]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/institutions/mammisi.htm|title=The mammisi|website=www.reshafim.org.il|access-date=2018-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415124744/http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/institutions/mammisi.htm|archive-date=2018-04-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> The building remained visible until 1861, when it was demolished to reuse its material in the construction of a sugar factory; however, [[etching]]s, prints and previous studies (for example the Napoleonic ''[[Description de l'Égypte]]'') show its appearance. Only the remains of the pylon of Thutmose III are still visible — in addition to the ruins of two entrances, one of which was built under the 2nd century AD [[Roman emperor]]/Pharaoh [[Antoninus Pius]]. In the large Armant complex, moreover, there was the [[Bucheum]], necropolis of the [[Buchis]] sacred bulls. The first burial of a Buchis in this special necropolis dates back to the reign of Nectanebo II (c. 340 BC), while the final one took place at the time of the Emperor/Pharaoh [[Diocletian]] (c. 300 AD).<ref name=":6" />

=== Karnak and Uronarti ===
In the great [[Karnak Temple Complex]], north of the monumental [[Temple of Amun]], King [[Amenhotep III]] built a [[sacred enclosure]] to Montu.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6" /> Another temple had been dedicated to him at the little-known fortress of [[Uronarti]] (near the [[Cataracts of the Nile|Second Cataract of the Nile]], specifically to the south of it) during the Middle Kingdom.