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| | Abydos through history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Later, probably at the beginning of the Old Kingdom when Djeser made Memphis his capital, This was renamed Abdjou, which the Greeks transcribed as Abydos. |
 | | Originally, the god Khentamenti was worshiped there; but during the 11th Dynasty, for reasons which are thought to be more political than religious, Pharaoh Antef imposed the worship of Osiris, who became Osiris-Khentamenti, Osiris, Leader of the Dead [glossary] and Lord of Abdjou. |
 | | From the time of the 11th Dynasty, the nome [glossary] and its capital acquired considerable importance benefiting from the growing support which the pharaohs accorded to the Osirian myths [glossary]: if the exegetes are to be believed, the god's head was purportedly taken to Abydos, after his brother, Seth, assassinated and dismembered him. |
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