[Consort]

al Wadi al Jadid

Abydos is not in southern Egypt It is part of one of these Governorates. (I think.)

Sawhaj

[solzhenitsyn]

I've been to Abydos (Sohag Governate). It's near the center of the country, but I'm sure that would be considered Upper, or Southern Egypt, as it's well south of most of the population.