Abydos

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{{Infobox Planet
| nocat =
| title = Abydos
| image = Abydos (Full Circle).jpg
| address = {{sg1ad|27|07|15|32|12|30}}
| point of origin = [[File:Stargate SG·1 Abydos’ point of origin.svg|20px]]
| galaxy = Milky Way
| suns =
| moons = 3
| atmosphere = similar to Earth, hot days, sand storms
| status = Planet destroyed
| population = none
| presentrace = none
| previousrace = Abydonians
| presenttechperiod = none
| previoustechperiod = Copper age
| interest = Exploration, [[naquadah]], Location of the [[Eye of Ra]]
| presentdomination = none
| previousdomination = Abydonians
| previousdomination2 = Goa'uld
| stargate = Stargate destroyed (along with the planet)
| mention =
| appearances = ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]''
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'''Abydos''' was the first [[planet]] visited by the people from [[Earth]] during the first [[Stargate Mission]] in [[1995]]<ref name="movieevents">It's a [[wikipedia:retcon|retcon]]. The [[Stargate (movie)|movie]] was released in theaters on October [[1994]] but {{ep|Children of the Gods}}' events occur in the beginning of [[1997]] ([[SG1]]: {{ep|Politics}}). The [[General]] [[George Hammond|Hammond]] states that the Stargate mission occured "over a year" before, setting the movie's events in the end of 1995. It's easy to move on its events date as it says "Present day" before the [[Symposium on Ancient Egypt]] scene.</ref> ({{ep|Stargate}}). It's probably one of the first worlds inhabited by humans taken and enslaved by the [[Goa'uld]]. Abydos has been destroyed by [[Anubis]] in [[2002]] ([[SG1]]: {{ep|Full Circle}}).

== Overview ==

Abydos was one of the closest planet from [[Earth]], according to [[Samantha Carter]].<ref>See the [[#Notes|Notes section]].</ref> It had three moons orbiting around the planet. The planet had a 36 hours-revolution<ref>[[Daniel Jackson]] states they were guarding the Abydos [[Stargate]] "36 hours a day" in {{ep|Children of the Gods}}.</ref>

This planet was mainly a big [[desert]], with recurrent [[sandstorm]]s ({{ep|Stargate}}, [[SG1]]: {{ep|Children of the Gods}}).

== History ==

Circa 8,000 B.C., the [[Goa'uld]] [[Supreme System Lord]] [[Ra]] came on [[Earth]], took an [[Ra's host|Egyptian boy]] to use him as [[host]] and started to enslave the primitive population. He brought a [[Stargate]] in [[Giza]] and started to exile people on Abydos to extract [[naquadah]] from an [[Abydos' naquadah mine|open mine]]. The people of Abydos built several monuments as wele as a [[Abydos city|big fortified city]], and a [[Abydos pyramid|pyramid]], used to serve as a land path for [[Ra's mothership]] ({{ep|stargate}}).

Circa 3,000 B.C., Earth [[Ancient Egyptians]] began to rebel and buried the Giza Stargate. As a retaliation, Ra forbid the use of the writing on Abydos in order to avoid a similar rebellion here ({{ep|Stargate}}, [[SG1]]: {{ep|Moebius, Part 2}}).

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== Evolution ==

=== {{ep|Stargate}} ([[1995]]) ===

Thanks to Doctor [[Daniel Jackson]]'s discovery, the [[Giza Project]] is able to establish a [[wormhole]] to a remote planet with the [[Stargate]]. A [[military]] [[First Abydos team|recon team]], led by Colonel [[Jack O'Neill]], is sent to the planet. There, they discover a [[Abydonians|human civilisation]] working in a [[Abydos naquadah mine|extraction mine]]. They also meet a new enemy, [[Ra]], Lord of this planet, who has enslaved the locals. With the help of the Abydonians, Colonel O'Neill and his team are able to defeat and kill Ra, and then, to free the people of Abydos. Dr. Jackson, who is part of the recon team, chooses to remain on Abydos, with [[Sha're]], a young local woman given by the Abydos' elders. Colonel O'Neill, [[Charles Kawalsky|Kawalsky]] and [[Ferretti]] are the only survivors to get back to [[Earth]].

Jackson and the Abydonians bury the Stargate and make a big party when they realise they are free at last ([[SG1]]: {{ep|Children of the Gods}}).

== Notes ==

* The "Abydos" name is not even pronounced in the movie, nor written in the [[Stargate (novel)|novel]] derivated from the movie published in November [[1994]]. Actually, this name is first mentioned in the first ''Stargate'' novel written by [[Bill McCay]], ''[[Stargate: Rebellion]]'', published in [[1995]]. It has been reused and "[[canon]]ised" by [[Brad Wright]] and [[Jonathan Glassner]] when they wrote the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' pilot script.
* The Abydos desert scenes in the movie were shot in [[California]] and Yuma, Arizona.
* In the movie, Abydos is located in the [[Kaliam galaxy]], "on the other side of the... known universe" according to [[Catherine Langford]]. This statement has been {{w|retcon}}ned in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' series, and Abydos has become the closest planet from Earth.
* We don't really know if the planet was destroyed or if only the planet's surface. We just see the explosion of the [[Abydos pyramid]]. Yet Abydos is considered as destroyed as the [[Stargate]] is completely unaccessible.

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