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Interior view of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt, showing a vaulted stone corridor with illuminated carved walls depicting ancient Egyptian figures and hieroglyphs.
Temple of Seti I Interior of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, c. 1280 bce.

Sūhāj

governorate, Egypt
Also known as: Sawhāj, Sohag
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Sūhāj, muḥāfaẓah (governorate) in Upper Egypt, south of Asyūṭ and north of Qinā governorates. It is a ribbonlike stretch of the fertile Nile River valley about 60 miles (100 km) long. Through it the Nile flows in a roughly 13-mile- (21-km-) wide flat-bottomed valley hemmed in by limestone cliffs rising to nearly 1,000 feet (305 metres). Throughout the area, the Nile has cut a channel close to the eastern side of the valley. Nearly all...

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