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 .
  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 74 metres (243 feet)
  • Description: city in ancient Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Abidus Temple”
    “Abydos, Egypt”
    “Ma‘bad Abīdūs”

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Latitude
26.185° or 26° 11′ 6″ north
Longitude
31.9189° or 31° 55′ 8″ east
Open location code
7GRH5WP9+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
historic = archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Abydos” goes by many names.
أبيدوسArabic
العرابة المدفونةArabic
معبد أبيدوسArabic
ԱբիդոսArmenian
AbidosAzerbaijani
AbidosBasque
АбідасBelarusian
АбидосBulgarian
AbdjuCatalan
AbdjwCatalan
AbedjuCatalan
AbidosCatalan
AbjuCatalan
亚比都斯Chinese
阿拜多斯Chinese
阿拜贝斯Chinese
阿比多斯Chinese
阿比杜斯Chinese
А́бѷдъChurch Slavic
АвѷдъChurch Slavic
AbidCroatian
AbidosCroatian
AbdžuCzech
AbidžuCzech
AbýdosCzech
EbózevCzech
AbydosDanish
AbydosDutch
ابيدوسEgyptian Arabic
AbidozoEsperanto
AbydosFinnish
AbidosGalician
აბიდოსიGeorgian
ΆβυδοςGreek
Άβυδος ΑιγύπτουGreek
אבידוסHebrew
AbüdoszHungarian
AbýdosIcelandic
AbydosIndonesian
Abydos, MesirIndonesian
AbidoItalian
AbydosItalian
アビドスJapanese
АбидосKazakh
Абидос (Abydos)Kazakh
아비도스Korean
AbdžuLithuanian
AbidasLithuanian
AbidosasLithuanian
AbydosLithuanian
AbydosasLithuanian
АбидосMacedonian
Abydos, MesirMalay
AbydosMalayalam
അബിഡോസ്Malayalam
AbydosNorwegian
AbydosNorwegian Bokmål
AbidòsOccitan (post 1500)
ابیدوسPersian
AbydosPolish
AbydosRomanian
Abydos, EgiptRomanian
АбидосRussian
Абидос, древний город в ЕгиптеRussian
Арабет-эль-МадфунахRussian
AbidosSerbian
АбидосSerbian
AbidosSerbo-Croatian
Abidos (Egipat)Serbo-Croatian
AbdžuSlovak
AbidžuSlovak
AbydosSlovak
Abidos, EgiptSlovenian
AbydosSlovenian
AbydosSwedish
Abydos, EgyptenSwedish
АбидосTajik
อไบดอสThai
AbidosTurkish
АбідосUkrainian
ابیدوسUrdu
A Bái Đa TưVietnamese
AbydosVietnamese
AbydosWaray (Philippines)

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