The Abydos King List, also known as the Abydos Table, is a list of the names of 76 kings of ancient Egypt, found on a wall of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt. It consists of three rows of 38 cartouches in each row. The upper two rows contain names of the kings, while the third row merely repeats Seti I's throne name and nomen.
Cartouches 9 to 14 (Click to enlarge)
Cartouches 15 to 19 (Click to enlarge)
Cartouches 57 to 61 (Click to enlarge)
Cartouches 62 to 65 (Click to enlarge)
Abydos is one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt, and also of the eighth nome in Upper Egypt. It is located about 11 kilometres west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10' N, near the modern Egyptian towns of El Araba El Madfuna and El Balyana. In the ancient Egyptian language, the city was called Abedju (Arabic Abdu عبد-و).
The English name Abydos comes from the Greek Ἄβυδος, a name borrowed by Greek geographers from the unrelated city of Abydos on the Hellespont. Abydos name in hieroglyphs
Façade of the Temple of Seti I in Abydos, built c. 1300 BCE
Possible illustration of the conflict between Abydos and Hierakonpolis, on the Gebel el-Arak Knife, Louvre Museum, 3300–3200 BCE.
King Khasekhemwy "fort" in Abydos. c. 2700 BCE
King Khasekhemwy "fort" in Abydos.