El-Tod

El-Tod is an ancient Egyptian town and archaeological site in the Luxor Governorate of Upper Egypt, about 12 miles southwest of Luxor. It is the location of a temple to the god Montu whose origins trace to the Old Kingdom; the oldest known object found there is a granite pillar of the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Userkaf, and the temple was later expanded under rulers including Senwosret I and Ptolemy VIII. In 1936 archaeologists discovered the Tod Treasure beneath the temple, copper chests inscribed with the name of the Twelfth Dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat II and containing 6.98 kilograms of gold and 8.87 kilograms of silver along with lapis lazuli objects, evidence of trade links reaching Anatolia, Iran and the Aegean. The treasure is now divided between the Louvre and the Egyptian Museum.