Mountain of the Dead
is really Gebel al-Mawta, Siwa, Egypt
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
A barren hill outside Siwa whose rock-cut tomb holds the burials of the Medjay.
The real place
Gebel al-Mawta ('Mountain of the Dead') is a real hill just north of Siwa town, honeycombed with rock-cut tombs from the Late Period and the Greco-Roman era. The game's large tomb complex is invented.
Visiting
Only a few tombs, such as Si-Amun's, are usually unlocked, and opening hours are short. Ask at the site.
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