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. Temple of Seti's entrance…Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: AntiguoEgipto.org, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Notable Places in the Area
Umm El Qa'ab
Photo: Markh, Public domain.
Umm El Qaʻāb is a necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period kings at Abydos, Egypt.
Osireion
Photo: RsAzevedo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Osirion or Osireion is the cenotaph of Seti I, located to the rear of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt.
Temple of Seti I
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The temple of Seti I, also known as the Great Temple of Abydos, is one of the main historical sites in Abydos.
Abydos
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: city in ancient Egypt
- Categories: necropolis, tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Middle Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.1895° or 26° 11' 22" northLongitude
31.908° or 31° 54' 29" eastElevation
74 metres (243 feet)Open Location Code
7GRH5WQ5+R5GeoNames ID
361885Wikidata ID
Q192268Abydos Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Abydos
- 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: А́бѷдъ
- Church Slavic: Абѷдъ
- Church Slavic: Авѷдъ
- Croatian: Abid
- Croatian: Abidos
- Czech: Abdžu
- Czech: Abidžu
- Czech: Abydos
- Czech: Abýdos
- Czech: Ebózev
- Danish: Abydos
- Dutch: Abydos
- Egyptian Arabic: أبيدوس
- Egyptian Arabic: ابيدوس
- English: Abydos, Egypt
- Esperanto: Abidozo
- Finnish: Abydos
- French: Abidjou
- French: Abydos
- Galician: Abidos
- Georgian: აბიდოსი
- German: Abti
- German: Abydos
- Greek: Άβυδος
- Greek: Άβυδος Αιγύπτου
- Hebrew: אבידוס
- Hungarian: Abüdosz
- Icelandic: Abýdos
- Indonesian: Abydos
- Italian: Abydos
- Japanese: アビドス
- Korean: 아비도스
- Lithuanian: Abdžu
- Lithuanian: Abidas
- Lithuanian: Abidosas
- Lithuanian: Abydos
- Lithuanian: Abydosas
- Macedonian: Абидос
- Malayalam: Abydos
- Malayalam: അബിഡോസ്
- Norwegian: Abydos
- Norwegian Bokmål: Abydos
- Occitan (post 1500): Abidòs
- Persian: ابیدوس
- Polish: Abydos
- Portuguese: Abido
- Portuguese: Abidos
- Portuguese: Abidos (Egito)
- 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, Mısır
- Turkish: Abidos
- Ukrainian: Абідос
- Urdu: ابیدوس
- Vietnamese: A Bái Đa Tư
- Vietnamese: Abydos
- Waray (Philippines): Abydos
- Abidus Temple
- Abydos, Mesir
- Ma`bad Abidus
- Ma‘bad Abīdūs
Other Places Named Abydos
In the Area
Abydos is situated close to the village Bani Mansour and the locality Hoshet al Hadari.
- Al Araba al MadfunahLocality
- New Al Shabeia HousingNeighbourhood
- Al Blina CityTown
- Ezbet NazifVillage, 11 km north
- El BalyanaTown, 11 km northeast
- Al KhawaledVillage, 12 km east
Escape to a Random Place
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Abydos. Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.