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Nekhen (/ˈnɛkən/,
Ancient Egyptian: nḫn), also
known as
Hierakonpolis (/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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
- Thinis, Naqada, and
Nekhen.
Sandwiched between Thinis and
Nekhen,
Naqada was the
first to fall.
Thinis then
conquered Lower Egypt.
Nekhen's relationship with...
- 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...
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Naqada itself which had been
suffering a two
joint offensive by
Thinis and
Nekhen. The
conflict is
thought to have
occurred on Naqada's
northernmost frontier...
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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...
