- 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
Hierakonpolis (/ˌhaɪərəˈkɒnpəlɪs/;...
- 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...
- 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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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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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...
- 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...
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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...
- and Seth –
Great Hymn to the Aten Atef –
Solar barque –
Souls of Pe and
Nekhen Ancient Egypt portal Mythology portal Ancient Egyptian deities List of Egyptian...
- Thinis, Naqada, and
Nekhen.
Sandwiched between Thinis and
Nekhen,
Naqada was the
first to fall.
Thinis then
conquered Lower Egypt.
Nekhen's relationship with...
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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...
