El Araba El Madfuna

Place in Sohag, Egypt

26°10′30″N 31°54′40″E / 26.17500°N 31.91111°E / 26.17500; 31.91111Country

EgyptGovernorateSohagTime zoneUTC+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.^[1]^[2] 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.