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Abydos/Ebot

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Drew Bear

Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Mark Depauw

Last modified Feb 23, 2026 09:41 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, Osiris, dare:major=0

An ancient Egyptian city and the burial place of its first kings. Primary cult place of the god Osiris.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/756512

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
26.185099, 31.917622

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Abydos (330 BC - AD 640)
- Ebot (AD 300 - AD 640)
Labels (map, atlas, gazetteer):
- Abydos/Ebot (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)

Abydos/Ebot makes connections with:

None

Abydos/Ebot receives connections from:

Khentiamentiu, Temple of located at Abydos/Ebot (2670 BC - 2168 BC)
Mortuary Temple of Senwosret III part of (regional) Abydos/Ebot (2010 BC - 1640 BC)
Osireion located at Abydos/Ebot (unspecified date range)
Shunet ez Zebib located at Abydos/Ebot (unspecified date range)
Temple of Ramesses II located at Abydos/Ebot (unspecified date range)
Temple of Seti I located at Abydos/Ebot (unspecified date range)
Tomb of Senwosret III part of (regional) Abydos/Ebot (2010 BC - 1640 BC)
Umm el-Qa'ab located at Abydos/Ebot (4500 BC - 2670 BC)

Place type:
sanctuary (religious center), settlement, catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 77 F4 Abydos/Ebot

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: el-Araba el-Madfuna

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Suggested citation:
M. Drew Bear, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Mark Depauw, 'Abydos/Ebot: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/756512> [accessed: 11 September 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/756512 |title=Places: 756512 (Abydos/Ebot) |author=Drew Bear, M. |accessdate=September 11, 2026 12:54 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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