Umm El Qa’ab

Umm El Qaʻāb is an archaeological site located at . Its modern name, meaning "Mother of Pots", refers to the mound made of millions of broken pieces of pots which defines the landscape.
Wikipedia
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 67 metres (220 feet)
  • Description: ancient Egyptian necropolis

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abydos and Osireion.

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is an important Ancient Egyptian archaeological…

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The is believed to be the cenotaph of Seti… is situated 1½ km northeast of Umm El Qa’ab.

Archaeological site
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The is a significant historical site in . is situated 1½ km northeast of Umm El Qa’ab.

Umm El Qa’ab

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Latitude
26.17506° or 26° 10′ 30″ north
Longitude
31.90793° or 31° 54′ 29″ east
Open location code
7GRH5WG5+25
Open­Street­Map ID
way 90456103
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
13535544
Wiki­data ID
Q853955

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“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”
  • Galician: “Umm el-Qa’ab”
  • German: “Umm al-Qa’ab”
  • German: “Umm el-Qaab”
  • Hebrew: “אום אל-ג’עאב”
  • Hebrew: “אום אל-געאב”
  • Hindi: “उम्म उल-क़आब”
  • 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”
  • Urdu: “ام القعاب”

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