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Marie-Lan Nguyen (2010) · CC BY 2.5
Event archaeological Middle East

Abydos

5000 BCE – 30 BCE

One of Egypt's oldest and most sacred cities, burial place of the first pharaohs and site of the Temple of Seti I with its famous king…

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Ancient city in Turkey

Abydos (Hellespont) on Wikipedia.

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

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