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- 25°5′50″N 32°46′46″E / 25.09722°N 32.77944°E / 25.09722; 32.77944 Nekhen (/ˈnɛkən/, Ancient Egyptian: nḫn), also known as Hierakon polis (/ˌhaɪərəˈkɒnpəlɪs/;...
- The Souls of Pe and Nekhen, mentioned first in the Pyramid Texts, refer to the ancestors of the ancient Egyptian kings. Nekhen (Gr**** Hierakonpolis) was...
- Nekhen was the name of the third Upper Egyptian nome (province). Nekhen is also the Egyptian name of Hierakonpolis, one of the main towns in the province...
- The Kom al-Ahmar Necropolis is a necropolis in the southern area of Nekhen, Egypt. Its discovery, by a joint US–Egyptian team, was announced on April 21...
- Egypt, evidence found of mummification around this time at a cemetery in Nekhen (Hierankopolis). Fortified town at Amri on the west bank of the Indus River...
- falcon head. The earliest recorded form of Horus is the tutelary deity of Nekhen in Upper Egypt, who is the first known national god, specifically related...
- original settlement on the Nekhen site dates from Naqada I or the late Badarian cultures. At its height, from about 3400 BC, Nekhen had at least 5,000 and...
- Thinis, Naqada, and Nekhen. Sandwiched between Thinis and Nekhen, Naqada was the first to fall. Thinis then conquered Lower Egypt. Nekhen's relationship with...
- connected with regions of Egypt: they were sometimes equated with the Souls of Nekhen and Pe, a set of deities that represented the Predynastic rulers of Upper...
- Macehead and the Narmer Maceheads, also found together in the main deposit at Nekhen, the Narmer Palette provides one of the earliest known depictions of an...