Abydos

E71501

ancient Egyptian city

Abydos is an ancient Egyptian city renowned as a major religious center and burial site, closely associated with the cult of Osiris and other important deities.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Abydos canonical	47
excavations at Abydos	2
Abydos archaeological area	1
U-j cemetery, Abydos (probable)	1
holy city of Abydos	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian city ⓘ
AbydosKingListLocatedIn	Temple of Seti I ⓘ
ancientName	Abdju ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance	early hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ evidence for early state formation in Egypt ⓘ
associatedWith	Horus ⓘ Isis ⓘ Osiris ⓘ Set ⓘ
containsTombOf	Den ⓘ Djer ⓘ Merneith ⓘ Qa'a ⓘ surface form: Qa’a
country	Egypt ⓘ
dedicatedToDeity	Osiris ⓘ
earliestRoyalBurialsOf	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: 1st Dynasty of Egypt 2nd Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
excavatedBy	Egypt Exploration Society missions ⓘ Flinders Petrie ⓘ Émile Amélineau ⓘ
flourishedDuring	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
hasFeature	cenotaphs of kings and nobles ⓘ mudbrick enclosures ⓘ processional way ⓘ rock-cut tombs ⓘ
hasInscription	Abydos King List ⓘ
hasNecropolis	Umm el-Qaab ⓘ
hasStructure	Osireion ⓘ
hasTemple	Temple of Ramesses II at Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ surface form: Temple of Ramesses II Temple of Seti I ⓘ
importantFor	Egyptian funerary cult ⓘ Abydos mysteries ⓘ surface form: Osiris mysteries royal ancestor worship ⓘ
knownFor	cult center of Osiris ⓘ important burial site ⓘ major religious center ⓘ
locatedIn	Sohag Governorate ⓘ Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedNear	Nile ⓘ surface form: Nile River
modernSettlementNearby	Al-Balyana ⓘ
pilgrimageDestinationFor	ancient Egyptians ⓘ
region	Abydos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Abydos archaeological area
religiousRole	gateway to the afterlife in Egyptian belief ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeListStatus	World Heritage Site candidate ⓘ
usedAs	pilgrimage center ⓘ royal necropolis ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isis → worshipCenter → Abydos ⓘ

Osiris → centerOfCultAt → Abydos ⓘ

Narmer → burialPlace → Abydos ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-j cemetery, Abydos (probable)

Early Dynastic Egypt → hasKeySite → Abydos ⓘ

Predynastic Egypt → hasImportantSite → Abydos ⓘ

Nephthys → worshipPlace → Abydos ⓘ

Abydos → region → Abydos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abydos archaeological area

Ta Shemau → religiousCenter → Abydos ⓘ

Ta Shemau → majorCity → Abydos ⓘ

Auguste Mariette → notableWork → Abydos ⓘ

this entity surface form: excavations at Abydos

Auguste Mariette → notablePublication → Abydos ⓘ

Ta-Shema → contains → Abydos ⓘ

Ka → burialPlace → Abydos ⓘ

Ka → hasArchaeologicalEvidenceAt → Abydos ⓘ

U cemetery, Umm el-Qaab, Abydos → locatedIn → Abydos ⓘ

Flinders Petrie → notableDiscovery → Abydos ⓘ

this entity surface form: excavations at Abydos

Thinis → locatedNear → Abydos ⓘ

Sohag Governorate → hasArchaeologicalSite → Abydos ⓘ

Hor-Aha → burialPlace → Abydos ⓘ

Aha → attestedAt → Abydos ⓘ

Qa'a → burialPlace → Abydos ⓘ

pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty → hasImportantSite → Abydos ⓘ

subject surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

Den → burialPlace → Abydos ⓘ

royal tombs at Abydos → locatedIn → Abydos ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal tombs at Abydos

Djer → tombLocatedIn → Abydos ⓘ

Second Dynasty of Egypt → archaeologicalSite → Abydos ⓘ

Second Dynasty of Egypt → burialPlaceOfRulers → Abydos ⓘ

Nectanebo I → templeBuildingAt → Abydos ⓘ

Peribsen → burialPlace → Abydos ⓘ

Peribsen → cultCenter → Abydos ⓘ

Khasekhemwy → burialPlace → Abydos ⓘ

Hierakonpolis → wasContemporaryWith → Abydos ⓘ

Naqada II culture → archaeologicalSite → Abydos ⓘ

Ahmose I → cultCenter → Abydos ⓘ

Nimaathap → attestedAtSite → Abydos ⓘ

Abydos King List → locatedIn → Abydos ⓘ

Senusret III → buildingActivitySite → Abydos ⓘ

Weni the Elder → burialPlace → Abydos ⓘ

Naqada III period → associatedWith → Abydos ⓘ

murder of Osiris → associatedPlace → Abydos ⓘ

Abydos mysteries → performedAt → Abydos ⓘ

Abydos mysteries → cultCenter → Abydos ⓘ

Abdju → hasNameInEnglish → Abydos ⓘ

Abdju → knownAs → Abydos ⓘ

this entity surface form: holy city of Abydos

Temple of Seti I → locatedIn → Abydos ⓘ

Osireion → locatedIn → Abydos ⓘ

Al-Balyana → nearby → Abydos ⓘ

Al-Balyana → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Abydos ⓘ

Al-Balyana → hasNearbyAncientCity → Abydos ⓘ

Umm el-Qaab → locatedIn → Abydos ⓘ