Abydos (ruin)
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Abydos, also Thinis, was an ancient city in the emirate of Upper Egypt, near the city of Sohag, in the Ottoman Empire. Important at the start of the Old Kingdom (c.3200 BC), it was the burial place of kings of the First and Second Dynasties. NOthing significant remains of the city itself and of its famous sanctuary of Osiris, but large tracts of the city are covered by the desert — and though tombs have been found in the area, there is a large probability that many might exist still.
The most important remaining legend says that the grave of Osiris is laid here, the god having taken his leave of the Prime Material plane at a time during the Middle Kingdom (2052 to 1778 BC).
See Ruins (range)
