Umm El Qa’ab
Umm El Qaʻāb is an archaeological site located at Abydos, Egypt. Its modern name, meaning "Mother of Pots", refers to the mound made of millions of broken pieces of pots which defines the landscape.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient Egyptian necropolis
- Also known as: “Umm el Qa’ab” and “Umm el-Qa’ab”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abydos and Osireion.
Abydos
Abydos is an important Ancient Egyptian archaeological site in Middle Egypt, a collection of temples, sites and ancient cemeteries close to the town of al-Balyana, 90 km north of Luxor.
Osireion
Photo: RsAzevedo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Osireion is believed to be the cenotaph of Seti I, located to the rear of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt. The temple was built in the 13th century BC and many researchers believe the Osireion dates from the same period. Osireion is situated 1½ km northeast of Umm El Qa’ab.
Temple of Seti I
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Temple of Seti I is a significant historical site in Abydos, Egypt. Abydos is a significant location with its connection to kingship due to being the burial site of the proto-kings from the Pre-Dynastic period, First Dynasty kings, and the location of the Cult of Osiris. Temple of Seti I is situated 1½ km northeast of Umm El Qa’ab.
Umm El Qa’ab
- Categories: cemetery, archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
26.17506° or 26° 10′ 30″ northLongitude
31.90793° or 31° 54′ 29″ eastElevation
67 metres (220 feet)Open location code
7GRH5WG5+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 90456103OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
13535544Wikidata ID
Q853955
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Umm El Qa’ab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم الجعاب”
- Basque: “Umm el-Qaab”
- Belarusian: “Ум эль-Кааб”
- Catalan: “Umm al Qa’ab”
- Catalan: “Umm al-Qa’ab”
- Catalan: “Umm al-Qaab”
- Catalan: “Umm el-Qa’ab”
- Chinese: “乌姆·卡伯”
- Chinese: “烏姆·卡伯”
- Czech: “Umm el-Káb”
- Dutch: “Umm el-Qaab”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ام الجعاب”
- French: “Oumm el-Qa’ab”
- French: “Oumm el-Qaab”
- French: “Umm el-Qa’ab”
- German: “Umm al-Qa’ab”
- German: “Umm el-Qaab”
- Hebrew: “אום אל-ג’עאב”
- Hebrew: “אום אל-געאב”
- Hungarian: “Umm el-Kaáb”
- Indonesian: “Umm El Qa’ab”
- Italian: “Umm el-Qa’ab”
- Italian: “Umm el-Qaab”
- Japanese: “ウンム・エル＝カアブ”
- Macedonian: “Ум ел Кааб”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Umm el-Qaab”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Umm el-Qa’ab”
- Persian: “امالقعاب”
- Polish: “Umm al-Kaab”
- Polish: “Umm el-Qaab”
- Portuguese: “Umel Caabe”
- Russian: “Умм эль-Кааб”
- Russian: “Умм-эль-Кааб”
- Serbian: “Ум ел кааб”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Um el-Ka’ab”
- Sinhala: “උම් එල්-කා‘අබ්”
- Slovenian: “Umm el-Qa’ab”
- Spanish: “Poker”
- Spanish: “Umm el Qaab”
- Spanish: “Umm el-Qaab”
- Swedish: “Peqer”
- Tamil: “உம் எல்-காப்”
- Thai: “อุมมุลเกาะอาบ”
- Ukrainian: “Умм ель-Кааб”
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