1. Abydos was a place of sanctity for the ancient Egyptians.

2. Finding it at Abydos puts the boat at more than 5,000 years old, predating the pyramids at Giza.

3. In the great temple of Osiris at Abydos the tangible sense of sanctity has often been noted.

4. Abydos cemetery is one of the predynastic and early-dynastic necropolis in ancient Egypt.

5. Etchings on a temple wall in Abydos, Egypt, depict a mythical solar boat borne aloft at dawn (file picture).

6. Many of the compounds found in the Abydos jar were present in the known herbal wine.

7. Professor Bestock led five graduate students on a recent excavation at Abydos, in southern Egypt.