Nekhen/Hierakonpolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Bruno Bazzani, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Sean Gillies, Mark Depauw
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History
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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786037
25.097743, 32.779728
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Ἱεράκων πόλις (Hierakonpolis: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Kom el-Ahmar (modern)
- Nekhen (Ancient Egyptian, 4500 BC - 2670 BC)
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settlement
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 B3 Hierakonpolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kom el-Ahmar
T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Bruno Bazzani, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Sean Gillies, and Mark Depauw, 'Nekhen/Hierakonpolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786037> [accessed: 16 November 2024]
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The chronology assigned to the DARE Location (Point; 330 BC - AD 300) is not accurate, as the fortress at Nekhen dates to Second Dynasty and not the Roman period.