abydos
IPA: ʌbˈɪdoʊz
Root Word: Abydos
noun
- An ancient city in Egypt with archaeological interest.
- An ancient city of Mysia in northwest Asia Minor in modern Turkey, on the Hellespont.
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Examples of "abydos" in Sentences
- How that led him to the address for Abydos...
- Abydos remained the major holy land in the south.
- Rehuerdjersen is also known from an Abydos stela.
- The ancients didn't leave Abydos in any special way.
- During this time, the royal burial ground was at Abydos.
- In this town is located the ancient Egyptian town of Abydos.
- The famous treasurer Iykhernofret worked for the king at Abydos.
- She was depicted together with her husband on a stela in Abydos.
- He also was responsible for creating the temple complex at Abydos.
- Abydos became the centre of the worship of the Isis and Osiris cult.