El Araba El MadfunaEl Araba El Madfuna is a town in Egypt. It is located south of Sohag.OverviewThe 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.