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Hierakonpolis

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors: 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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Last modified Sep 03, 2018 10:30 AM — 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.

Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.


https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786037

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settlement

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 B3 Hierakonpolis

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kom el-Ahmar


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T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Bruno Bazzani, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Sean Gillies, and Mark Depauw, 'Hierakonpolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786037> [accessed: 03 June 2020] 

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Jeffrey Becker
Jeffrey Becker says:
Feb 20, 2013 02:11 PM

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.