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Youth and Sports:

The governorate includes 175 youth centers,125 libraries, 48

sports club, 71 playgrounds, in addition to Sohag Stadium.

Monuments and Tourist Attractions:

Sohag is rich in rare cultural heritage as it includes monuments

from all ages, namely Pharaonic, Coptic and Islamic.

Pharaonic Monuments:

Seti I Temple:

Seti I Temple was built in memory of King Seti I, where the walls

depict King Seti I and his relations with the gods as a list of gods

and kings are engraved in royal cartouches starting with Mena

until Seti I. It, also, includes Osireion cemetery.

Osirion Cemetery:

This is an enigmatic tomb situated to the rear of the temple of Seti

I, where the wall engravings tell the story of creation, reckoning

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