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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Abydos – Sacred Lake Harbour of the Osiris Cult, Shunet el-Zebib

Predynastic to Late Antique (3300 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Thinite / New Kingdom / Late

Osiris mysteries canal — Shunet el-Zebib 2700 BCE enclosure (oldest standing 11 m walls) with sacred lake harbour 400x100 m for barque procession.