An embalmed dog and its owner were found together in a sarcophagus in the tombs of Abydos, dating back to the Ptolemaic era.
Abydos is a city in western Balina Sohag, one of the richest archaeological sites in Egypt, as it contains the Temple of King City I, and the Temple of King Ramses II, on which some of its walls depict scenes of the Battle of Kadesh. The area also contains several distinctive archaeological sites such as the tombs of the kings of the first and second dynasties, the cemeteries of Umm al-Ja`ab al-Suqur, Kom al-Sultan,
