Umm El Qa'ab, Abydos

Name: Umm El Qa'ab
Address: Abydos, Egypt

#2 among attractions in Abydos

Top attraction, Tomb

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Umm El Qaʻāb is a necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period kings at Abydos, Egypt. Its modern name means "Mother of Pots" as the whole area is littered with the broken pot shards of offerings made in earlier times. The cultic ancient name of the area was pkr or pkr "District of the pkr" or "Opening of the pkr", belonging to tꜣ-dsr "the secluded/cleared land" or crk-hh "Binding of Eternity". ()

Local name: أم الجعاب Coordinates: 26°10'30"N, 31°54'30"E

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Umm El Qa'ab – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Temple of Seti I, Osireion, Helicopter hieroglyphs, Tomb of Anedjib.

1 miNE
Ruins
Temple of Seti I, Abydos
25 min walk • The temple of Seti I also known as the Great Temple of Abydos is one of the main historical sites in Abydos. The temple was built by pharaoh Seti I. At the rear of the temple there is the Osireion.
0.9 miNE
Ruins
Osireion, Abydos
23 min walk • The Osirion or Osireon is an ancient Egyptian temple. It is located at Abydos, to the rear of the Mortuary Temple of Seti I. It is an integral part of Seti I's funeral complex and is built to resemble an 18th Dynasty Valley of the Kings tomb.
0.9 miNE
Historical place
Helicopter hieroglyphs, Abydos
24 min walk • The helicopter hieroglyphs is a name given to part of an Egyptian hieroglyph carving from the Temple of Seti I at Abydos. In paleocontact hypothesis circles the hieroglyphs have been interpreted as an out-of-place artifact depicting a helicopter as well as other examples of modern technology.
0.8 miNE
Tomb
Tomb of Anedjib, Abydos
20 min walk • The Tomb of Anedjib is in Abydos, Egypt, in the Umm el-Qa'ab necropolis. Anedjib was a ruler of the First Dynasty of Egypt, who reigned around 2900 BC. To date, the tomb has only been excavated once, by Flinders Petrie between 1899 and 1900.