Kom El Sultan
Abydos - Capital Cities
Map of Finds at Abydos
Kom El Sultan
Where: 11km West of the Nile
What: large mud brick-built structure proposed to be part of the original settlement in the area
When: early Dynastic Period : 3150 – 2686 BC
What’s there: The early temple of Osiris; The Pilgrim’s Path from Kom El Sultan to Umm El Qa’ab, Tombs of the First Pharaohs; The Statue of Khufu; and the Temple to Ramesses II
