Abydos
7
9.9
- proper noun
- Brilliant general, who commissioned exquisite temples at Abydos and Thebes.
- temple at Abydos
- Abydos, Egypt
Examples
-
"Did I ever tell you I worked with Flinders Petrie at Abydos?" he said one evening as he sat in a chair next to the bedroom window while I changed the bedsheets.
Fiction book (2001) -
His temples at Luxor, Karnak and Abydos.
-
This unbelievable and unexplainable wall appears to somehow be the work of Emir Said Bin Abydos.
-
When he passed on, Nar-mer had himself buried twice: symbolically at Abydos in the Valley, and physically at some unknown location in the Delta.
Fiction book (1999) -
A mummy of a small dog that dates to the fourth century B.C. was found in the sacred Egyptian city of Abydos in 1902 alongside that of a man identified on his coffin as Hapi-Men.
Academic text (2010) -
Kings were still interred in Abydos, far to the south, in tombs excavated by German archaeologist Guenther Dreyer.
Academic text (2006) -
Historians believe that the city of Abydos was a major center for ancient Egyptian rituals and burial practices.
-
The ancient ruins of Abydos attract many tourists interested in Egyptian history.
-
Excavations in Abydos have revealed significant artifacts from the time of the pharaohs.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abydos comes from ancient Greek and was the name of 'a city on the Dardanelles', a narrow strait between Europe and Asia. A helpful way to remember Abydos is the famous love story of Hero and Leander. Leander swam every night to Abydos to reach Hero, so today Abydos refers to that ancient city and its ruins.