El Araba El Madfuna ( al-ʿarabah al-madfūnah, meaning 'the Buried Waggon', also known as Arabet Abydos) is a town in Egypt. It is located south of Sohag. Overview The old name of the town is al-Khirba (), which comes from and relates to the ruins of the ancient Egyptian town of Abydos, on the site of which it is located. Tourists often visit the site to see the ruins of the temples of Seti I and Ramesses II, although a large number of other ruins and monuments are also located nearby, ranging from Pre-Dynastic through early Christian to Islamic and modern times. References Populated places in Sohag Governorate