Abydos (Sacred city and one of the most important archaeological sites of ancient Egypt)

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• Abydos — /euh buy deuhs/, n. 1. an ancient ruined city in central Egypt, near Thebes: temples and necropolis. 2. an ancient town in NW Asia Minor, at the narrowest part of the Hellespont. * * * I Ancient Anatolian town northeast of modern Çanakkale,… …   Universalium

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