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Location:

  • Egypt, Abīdūs
  • geo:26.18585,31.917383
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • -3500~ / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Egyptian ȝbḏw and Coptic Ebōt, a large archaeological site located west of the Nile, significant throughout ancient Egyptian history, with royal associations and an important center fo the cult of Osiris. The main temple of Osiris was at Al-ʿArāba al-Madfūna, but the ancient remains are spread over a large area.

Abydos


Relevant museums

München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art


Nearby

Abydos, Temple of Ramesses II

Abydos, Temple of Ramesses II

Ikhernofret Stela

http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/texts/ikhernofret.htm

Stela of Queen Tetisheri

Excavated in Ahmose's cult center at Abydos.


This object was added by René Voorburg on 2012-12-15. Last update by Ian Mladjov on 2026-03-30. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/10828 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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