Bigeh (Arabic: بجح; Ancient Egyptian znmwt)[3] is an island and archaeological site situated along the Nile River in historic Nubia and within the Aswan Governorate of southern Egypt.
[4][5] It was formerly an island in the First Cataract of the Nile River and its fortification controlled the access to ancient Upper Egypt and Nubia.
[6] Bigeh Island was sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
[7] They believed that Osiris was buried on the island[8] and a temple that stood on it was known as Abaton, Greek for "untrodden place", because only priests were allowed to set foot there.
In the mid or late 3rd century AD, an embassy from King Talakhidamani of Kush visited the Abaton with gifts.