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Abydos' great limestone temple, famed for delicate reliefs and the Abydos King List.

Sunken stone cenotaph behind Seti I's temple, built as a symbolic tomb of Osiris.

Huge early dynastic mudbrick enclosure, one of the oldest standing royal monuments in Egypt.

The Temple of Ramses II stands beside the larger Temple of Seti I at Abydos. It is smaller and more fragmentary, but the surviving …

Early royal necropolis of Abydos, associated with Egypt's first dynasties and Osiris pilgrimage.

Ancient settlement mound and Osiris temple area in the northern part of Abydos.

Ruined pyramid complex of Ahmose I, a late echo of Egypt's royal pyramid tradition.