Nekhen/Hierakonpolis

settlement · 4500 BC – 2100 AD

The ritual and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of the Predynastic period and the Early Dynastic Period, with occupation beginning as early as Naqada I. The site was an important ritual center for the worship of Horus.

Coordinates

25.09774, 32.77973

Also known as

Hierakonpolis (grc), Hierakonpolis (grc), Kom el-Ahmar, Nekhen (egy), Гиераконполь (rus), Гієраконполь (ukr), الكوم الأحمر (arz), Ἱεράκων πόλις (ell), Ἱεράκων πόλις (grc), 𓊕𓊖 (egy)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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