Kom El Sultan Abydos | Egypt History Where is Kom El Sultan? Kom El Sultan Abydos is located on the west bank of the Nile River near the modern Egyptian towns of El Araba El Madfuna and El Balyana. Kom El Sultan in Abydos to the east of the Shunt El Zebib archeological area in Abydos. Also, to the northeast of Ramses II temple and Menmaatre Seti I temple in Abydos. What is Kom El Sultan? Kom El Sultan in Abydos Egypt is a huge place near Osiris temple and it has ruins from three different eras. It has a huge mudbrick structure from the predynastic period, a few shrines from the Middle Kingdom, and ruins of a stone temple from the New Kingdom. How to reach Kom El Sultan from Abydos? Once you are visiting modern Al-ʿArābā al-Madfūnah village or the Abydos temple for king Seti I and his son Ramesses II, you need to purchase a ticket. To reach Kom El Sultan, you need to purchase a different ticket from the same place but you will be joined by a policeman and an inspector to the Kom El Sultan area. Kom El Sultan is about 2 KM to the northeast of the Ramses II temple and 500m to the east of the Shunet El Zebib area where they found the only statue for Cheops, the builder of the Great Pyramid. Although, you can reach the area by walking or by car as it takes 20 minutes to walk. Who discovered Kom El Sultan? Since Emile Amelino discovered the royal tombs in Umm El Qa’ab between 1885 to 1899 and Flinder Petrie completed the excavation in the area between 1899-1901, a lot of tombs were discovered besides animal cemeteries. Al the discoveries date back to the early Dynastic Period
Kom El Sultan Abydos | Egypt History Where is Kom El Sultan? Kom El Sultan Abydos is located on the west bank of the Nile River near the modern Egyptian towns of El Araba El Madfuna and El Balyana. Kom El Sultan in Abydos to the east of the Shunt El Zebib archeological area in
