Definitions for Abydos

Abydos A·by·dos

Spelling: [uh-bahy-duh s]
IPA: /əˈbaɪ dəs/

Abydos is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in Abydos (abdosy).

Definitions for Abydos

noun

  1. an ancient ruined city in central Egypt, near Thebes: temples and necropolis.
  2. an ancient town in NW Asia Minor, at the narrowest part of the Hellespont.

Examples for Abydos

The Athenians on their side put out to meet him, and engaged him off Abydos.

We called it Baliana, and we pronounced Abydos according to our education.

It is said, that those with scroll border, are from the ancient city of Abydos.

Abydos was also the centre of the worship of Anubis, an animal-deity of the dead, the jackal who prowls round the tombs at night.

Now from Abydos to the opposite shore is a distance of seven furlongs.

One was Emile Amélineau, who headed up excavations at Abydos at the turn of the century.

In fact this was the case in the worship of Isis at Abydos and elsewhere.

To reach Abydos, the route was north, through the province of Mysia.

It was discovered by Mr. Banks in a chamber of the temple of Abydos, in 1818.

The way was long, but by the beginning of September Nehemiah arrived in Abydos.

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