MEDINET MADI

Modern name of a town site in the Fayum. Ancient Egyptian Dja, named Narmuthis during the Graeco-Roman Period. The earliest remains date to the Middle Kingdom when a temple to the goddess Renenutet is attested. Later evidence dates from the 4th century AD to the early Arabic Period, when the main temple was dedicated to Isis-Termouthis. The late Roman fort Castrum Narmoutheos was identified in 2006. The site was excavated by a French expedition in 1900; a German expedition from 1909–1910; and an Italian expedition from 1934–1939 and since 1966, recovering much documentary evidence in the form of ostraca and papyri pertaining to the Manichean religious sect.

See also Bacchias; Deir el-Naqlun; Gurob; Harageh; Hawara; Karanis; Kom Khelwa; Soknopaiou Nesos; Tebtunis.