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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Abydos

Relief on Temple of Seti Wall at Abydos. This image is often used to support theories of advanced knowledge of flight.


Abydos city, or royal necropolis, was built to honor Egypts first kings.

The Greek word Abydos in Egyptian is Abdju and it is an ancient city is located 11 kms west of the Upper Nile.


Abdju is more of a reference to the eight nome and it's capital city of Abydos. The hieroglyphic equivalent of Abdju is 3bdw.

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