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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: city in ancient Egypt
- Also known as: “Abidus Temple”, “Abydos, Egypt”, “Ma‘bad Abīdūs”, and “Ma`bad Abidus”
Photo: AntiguoEgipto.org, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Umm El Qa’ab and Osireion.
Umm El Qa’ab
Photo: Markh, Public domain.
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.
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.
Shunet El Zebib
Photo: Markh, Public domain.
Shunet El Zebib, alternatively named Shuneh and Middle Fort, is a large mudbrick structure located at Abydos in Upper Egypt. The edifice dates to the Second Dynasty, and was built by the ancient Egyptian king Khasekhemwy.
Abydos
- Categories: necropolis, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Middle Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Abydos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبيدوس”
- Arabic: “ابيدوس”
- Arabic: “العرابة المدفونة”
- Arabic: “معبد أبيدوس”
- Armenian: “Աբիդոս”
- Azerbaijani: “Abidos”
- Basque: “Abidos”
- Belarusian: “Абідас”
- Bulgarian: “Абидос”
- Catalan: “Abdju”
- Catalan: “Abdjw”
- Catalan: “Abedju”
- Catalan: “Abidos”
- Catalan: “Abju”
- Chinese: “亚比都斯”
- Chinese: “阿拜多斯”
- Chinese: “阿拜贝斯”
- Chinese: “阿比多斯”
- Chinese: “阿比杜斯”
- Church Slavic: “Абѷдъ”
- Church Slavic: “А́бѷдъ”
- Church Slavic: “Авѷдъ”
- Croatian: “Abid”
- Croatian: “Abidos”
- Czech: “Abdžu”
- Czech: “Abidžu”
- Czech: “Abydos”
- Czech: “Abýdos”
- Czech: “Ebózev”
- Danish: “Abydos”
- Dutch: “Abydos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ابيدوس”
- Esperanto: “Abidozo”
- Finnish: “Abydos”
- French: “Abidjou”
- French: “Abydos”
- Galician: “Abidos”
- Georgian: “აბიდოსი”
- German: “Abti”
- German: “Abydos”
- Greek: “Άβυδος Αιγύπτου”
- Greek: “Άβυδος”
- Hebrew: “אבידוס”
- Hungarian: “Abüdosz”
- Icelandic: “Abýdos”
- Indonesian: “Abydos, Mesir”
- Indonesian: “Abydos”
- Italian: “Abido”
- Italian: “Abydos”
- Japanese: “アビドス”
- Korean: “아비도스”
- Lithuanian: “Abdžu”
- Lithuanian: “Abidas”
- Lithuanian: “Abidosas”
- Lithuanian: “Abydos”
- Lithuanian: “Abydosas”
- Macedonian: “Абидос”
- Malay: “Abydos, Mesir”
- Malayalam: “Abydos”
- Malayalam: “അബിഡോസ്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Abydos”
- Norwegian: “Abydos”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Abidos”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Abidòs”
- Persian: “ابیدوس”
- Polish: “Abydos”
- Portuguese: “Abido”
- Portuguese: “Abidos”
- Portuguese: “Abydos”
- Romanian: “Abydos, Egipt”
- Romanian: “Abydos”
- Russian: “Абидос, древний город в Египте”
- Russian: “Абидос”
- Russian: “Арабет-эль-Мадфунах”
- Serbian: “Abidos”
- Serbian: “Абидос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Abidos (Egipat)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Abidos”
- Slovak: “Abdžu”
- Slovak: “Abidžu”
- Slovak: “Abydos”
- Slovenian: “Abidos, Egipt”
- Slovenian: “Abydos”
- Spanish: “Abdju”
- Spanish: “Abidos”
- Spanish: “Abydos”
- Swedish: “Abydos, Egypten”
- Swedish: “Abydos”
- Tajik: “Абидос”
- Thai: “อไบดอส”
- Turkish: “Abidos”
- Ukrainian: “Абідос”
- Urdu: “ابیدوس”
- Vietnamese: “A Bái Đa Tư”
- Vietnamese: “Abydos”
- Waray (Philippines): “Abydos”
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