| El Araba El Madfuna | |
|---|---|
  El Araba El MadfunaLocation in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 26°10′30″N 31°54′40″E / 26.17500°N 31.91111°E / 26.17500; 31.91111 | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Sohag |
| Time zone | UTC+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.
Overview
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. 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
- Bard, Kathryn A. (2015). An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. John Wiley & Sons. p. 51. ISBN 9781118896037. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. p. 2014.
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