New ticket prices to visit the "Abydos" area in Sohag

The land of Egypt includes a huge number of Egyptian antiquities, which stand tall in temples and museums, evidence and proof that its land is the cradle of civilization and history.

Upper Egypt contains a number of temples, museums and wonderful archaeological areas, including the Abydos antiquities area in Sohag, which witnessed a wide development movement during the last period.

The Abydos antiquities area is considered one of the greatest archaeological areas in Egypt and the world, and it is an area with a unique design at the level of all archaeological areas.

The development of the Abydos region aims to achieve the civilized vision of the region and open the visual field there.

The Temple of Abydos is distinguished as the only temple that retains its roof and rests on 36 granite columns.

42 million pounds

 Abydos area development work included, the front yard, the creation of new paths for the visit at the Temple of “Seti I”, the construction of a building to serve visitors and parking lots, and securing the archaeological area. The cost of developing the area and reducing the groundwater level amounted to 42 million pounds.

The official page of the “Abydos” Antiquities Zone published on the social networking site Facebook, pictures of the new tickets to visit the archaeological area, after raising the value of tickets for foreigners, and they were applied from this month, and the tickets pictures came as follows: 

Entry prices

The Abydos Antiquities Department said in a statement, informing fellow tour guides, that the price of entry tickets for foreign visitors to the “Temple of Seti I” and “Ramses II” has become 120 EGP instead of 100 EGP but foreign students and children became 60 EGP instead of 50 pounds. With price stability of the entry prices of Shunet Al-Dhabib and Kom Al-Sultan remaining unchanged, starting from yesterday, Monday, the first of May 2023.

Abydos in Sohag Governorate was the capital of the eighth district in Upper Egypt. In the area near Umm al-Qa’ab, there are tombs of a number of pre-dynastic kings, including the tomb of King Djer, which was later believed, starting from the Middle Kingdom, at least to be the tomb of Osiris.

Although the original deity of Abydos was Khente Amentio, to whom the oldest temple in the region was dedicated, He was soon associated with Osiris, and Osiris' religion took over his religion, according to tradition, the head of this god was buried in Abydos, after Set cut his body into pieces that were scattered all over Egypt. This head represents the emblem of the city, but wearing the crown of Osiris with two feathers.