Temple of Abydos
Abydos, one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, is about 11 km (6 miles) west of the Nile. It was the capital of the eighth Nome of Upper Egypt.
The temple of Seti I. This is the building best known as the Great Temple of Abydos, being nearly complete and an impressive sight. A principal purpose of it was the adoration of the early kings, whose cemetery, to which it forms a great funerary chapel, lies behind it. The long list of the kings of the principal dynasties carved on a wall is known as the "Abydos King List" (showing the cartouche name of many dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from the first, Narmer/Menes, until the pharaohs of the last dynasty).
