Abydos
Abydos was an ancient city and bishopric in Mysia. It was located at the Nara Burnu promontory on the Asian coast of the Hellespont, opposite the ancient city of Sestos, and near the city of Çanakkale in Turkey.- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: ancient city of Mysia in modern-day Turkey
- Also known as“Abydos of Mysia”“Abydus”“Mint of Abydus”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karacaören and Eceabat.
Karacaören
Village
Karacaören is a village in the Çanakkale District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey.
4 km southeast of Abydos
Eceabat
Eceabat is a town on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Eastern Thrace, in the west of Turkey.
Abydos
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Latitude
40.19406° or 40° 11′ 39″ north
Longitude
26.41122° or 26° 24′ 40″ east
Open location code
8GG85CV6+JF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Abydos” goes by many names.
ἌβυδοςAncient Greek (to 1453)
أبيدوArabic
AbidosBasque
Abidos (Asia Txikia)Basque
Abidos (Grezia)Basque
АбідасBelarusian
Абідас (Гелеспонт)Belarusian
АбидосBulgarian
Abidos de MísiaCatalan
AbydosCatalan
阿卑多斯Chinese
阿卑多斯 (赫勒斯滂)Chinese
阿彼多斯Chinese
AbýdosCzech
AbydosDutch
AbydusDutch
AbidosEsperanto
AbidosoEsperanto
AbydosFinnish
Abydos (Troas)Finnish
აბიდოსიGeorgian
აბიდოსი (ჰელესპონტი)Georgian
ΆβυδοςGreek
Άβυδος ΜυσίαςGreek
אבידוסHebrew
אבידוס (דרדנלים)Hebrew
אבידוס (יוון)Hebrew
Abüdosz (Müszia)Hungarian
Abydos, HellespontosIndonesian
AbidoItalian
Abido di MisiaItalian
AbydosItalian
アビュドス (ヘレスポントス)Japanese
АбидосKazakh
Абидос (Геллеспонт)Kazakh
AbydusLatin
Abydus (Hellespontus)Latin
AbidasLithuanian
AbydosNorwegian
AbydosNorwegian Bokmål
AbydosNorwegian Nynorsk
Abydos i MysiaNorwegian Nynorsk
Abydos ved HellespontNorwegian Nynorsk
Hellespont AbydosNorwegian Nynorsk
آبیدوسPersian
AbydosPolish
Abydos (Azja Mniejsza)Polish
Abydos (kolonia)Polish
Abydos, HellespontRomanian
АбидосRussian
Абидос (Мизия)Russian
Абидос, древний город в МизииRussian
АбидосSerbian
Абидос (Анадолија)Serbian
Abid (Helespont)Serbo-Croatian
AbidosSerbo-Croatian
Abidos (Anadolija)Serbo-Croatian
Abydos (Helespont)Serbo-Croatian
AbydosSlovak
Abydos (staroveké Grécko)Slovak
Abidos, DardaneleSlovenian
Abydos, Mindre AsienSwedish
அபிடோஸ்Tamil
AbidosTurkish
Abidos (Çanakkale)Turkish
AbydusTurkish
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