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El Araba El Madfuna

Coordinates: 26°10′30″N 31°54′40″E / 26.17500°N 31.91111°E / 26.17500; 31.91111
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El Araba El Madfuna
El Araba El Madfuna is located in Egypt
El Araba El Madfuna
El Araba El Madfuna
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 26°10′30″N 31°54′40″E / 26.17500°N 31.91111°E / 26.17500; 31.91111
Country Egypt
GovernorateSohag
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

El Araba El Madfuna (Arabic: العربة المدفونة al-ʿarabah al-madfūnah, meaning 'the Buried Waggon', also known as Arabet Abydos) is a town in Egypt. It is located south of Sohag.

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The old name of the town is al-Khirba (Arabic: الخربة), which comes from Coptic: ⲡⲣⲡⲉ, romanized: prpe, lit.'the temple' and relates to the ruins of the ancient Egyptian town of Abydos, on the site of which it is located.[1][2] Tourists often visit the site to see the ruins of the temples of Seti I and Ramesses II, although a large number of other ruins and monuments are also located nearby, ranging from Pre-Dynastic through early Christian to Islamic and modern times.

References

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  1. ^ Bard, Kathryn A. (2015). An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. John Wiley & Sons. p. 51. ISBN 9781118896037. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. ^ Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. p. 2014.