A royal necropolis—from the Greek words for "city of the dead"—was established near Abydos in about 1839 B.C. with the burial there of the powerful 12th dynasty pharaoh Senusret III.

Carmelo Hayes won the 2025 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal after outlasting 25 other WWE stars on the WrestleMania 41 go-home edition of SmackDown.