Abydos

Abydos is an important Ancient Egyptian archaeological site in , a collection of temples, sites and ancient cemeteries close to the town of al-Balyana, 90 km north of .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: city in ancient Egypt
  • Also known as: “A Bái Đa Tư”, “Abdju”, “Abdjw”, “Abdžu”, “Abedju”, “Abidjou”, “Abidosas”, “Abidus Temple”, “Abidžu”, “Abju”, “Abti”, “Abydos, Egypt”, “Ebózev”, “Ma‘bad Abīdūs”, “Ma`bad Abidus”, “Άβυδος”, “Абидос, древний город в Египте”, “А́бѷдъ”, “Арабет-эль-Мадфунах”, “العرابة المدفونة”, “亚比都斯”, “阿拜贝斯”, “阿比多斯”, and “阿比杜斯”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Umm El Qa’ab and Osireion.

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Umm El Qaʻāb is an archaeological site located at Abydos, Egypt.

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The is believed to be the cenotaph of Seti…

Archaeological site
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The is a significant historical site in Abydos, Egypt.

Abydos

Latitude
26.185° or 26° 11′ 6″ north
Longitude
31.9189° or 31° 55′ 8″ east
Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)
Open location code
7GRH5WP9+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13892054585
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
361885
Wiki­data ID
Q192268
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Abydos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبيدوس”
  • Arabic: “معبد أبيدوس”
  • Armenian: “Աբիդոս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Abidos”
  • Basque: “Abidos”
  • Belarusian: “Абідас”
  • Bulgarian: “Абидос”
  • Catalan: “Abidos”
  • Chinese: “阿拜多斯”
  • Church Slavic: “Абѷдъ”
  • Church Slavic: “Авѷдъ”
  • Croatian: “Abid”
  • Czech: “Abydos”
  • Danish: “Abydos”
  • Dutch: “Abydos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابيدوس”
  • Esperanto: “Abidozo”
  • Finnish: “Abydos”
  • French: “Abydos”
  • Galician: “Abidos”
  • Georgian: “აბიდოსი”
  • German: “Abydos”
  • Greek: “Άβυδος Αιγύπτου”
  • Hebrew: “אבידוס”
  • Hungarian: “Abüdosz”
  • Icelandic: “Abýdos”
  • Indonesian: “Abydos, Mesir”
  • Indonesian: “Abydos”
  • Italian: “Abido”
  • Italian: “Abydos”
  • Japanese: “アビドス”
  • Kazakh: “Абидос (Abydos)”
  • Kazakh: “Абидос”
  • Korean: “아비도스”
  • Lithuanian: “Abidas”
  • Lithuanian: “Abydosas”
  • Macedonian: “Абидос”
  • Malay: “Abydos, Mesir”
  • Malayalam: “അബിഡോസ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abydos”
  • Norwegian: “Abydos”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Abidos”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Abidòs”
  • Persian: “ابیدوس”
  • Polish: “Abydos”
  • Portuguese: “Abido”
  • Portuguese: “Abidos”
  • Romanian: “Abydos, Egipt”
  • Romanian: “Abydos”
  • Russian: “Абидос”
  • Serbian: “Abidos”
  • Serbian: “Абидос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abidos (Egipat)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abidos”
  • Slovak: “Abydos”
  • Slovenian: “Abidos, Egipt”
  • Slovenian: “Abydos”
  • Spanish: “Abidos”
  • Swedish: “Abydos, Egypten”
  • Swedish: “Abydos”
  • Tajik: “Абидос”
  • Thai: “อไบดอส”
  • Turkish: “Abidos”
  • Ukrainian: “Абідос”
  • Urdu: “ابیدوس”
  • Vietnamese: “Abydos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Abydos”

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