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Ma'bad Abīdūs (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 26 11 22 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 26.1895 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 54 29 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.9081 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient city located on Nile river, 50 miles NW of Thebes; was seat of first two Egyptian dynasties; was religious center for worship of Osiris in 4th dynasty; noted for ruined temples dating from reign of Ramses II (1292-1225 BCE) and Seti I (1313-1292 BCE). |
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| Ma'bad Abīdūs (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Abīdūs, Ma'bad (C,V)
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| Abydos (C,V,S)
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| Abydus (C,V)
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| Abydus Aegyptiae (C,V)
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| Abdou (C,V)
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| Abedju (C,V)
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| Ebot (C,V)
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| أبيدوس (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Abdju (C,V,Ancient Egyptian (transliterated),U)
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| Ἄβυδος (C,V,Greek,U)
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was ancient city founded ca. 3100 BC; site of Doric colony |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| ruins (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| city (H) |
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| capital (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Al 'Arābā al Madfūnah .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Egypt, Al Wādī al Jadīd) [7594408] |
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