Gurob

{{Short description|Archaeological site in Egypt}}

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Gurob, also known as Ghurab, Medinet Gurob or Kom Medinet Gurob is an archaeological site in Egypt, close to the Fayum. In the New Kingdom it was the place of a palace and was called Merwer.

The remains were several times the target of excavations, the most important on by Guy Brunton and Reginald Engelbach from 11 January - 6 April 1920.[https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/gurob/background.html Gurob, background information] The excavations found several cemeteries, some dating back to the Old Kingdom, but most of them belonging to the New Kingdom. Gurob is the provenance of many important finds, including a head of queen Tiye, now in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.Ludwig Borchardtː Der Porträtkopf der Königin Teje. Leipzig 1911 From a papyrus fragment found at the site, it is known that queen Maathorneferure lived here. She was the daughter of a Hittite king and wife of Ramses II.[https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/gurob/papyri/maathorneferu.html maathorneferu.html Gurob, papyrus 32795] Other notable finds are burials with artistic high quality statuettes, such as the Statuette of the lady Tiye.

The area had a Temple to Neith and mummified Nile perch have been found in its vicinity.{{cite journal |last1=Baetens |first1=Gert |date=2013 |title=The mummified fish of Esna: a case study in animal worship |url=https://lirias.kuleuven.be/retrieve/290822|journal=Goettinger Miszellen: Beitraege zur aegyptologischen Diskussion |pages=17–23 |access-date=25 December 2023}}