Nekhen

#46 among destinations in Egypt

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Nekhen; in Ancient Greek: Ἱεράκων πόλις Hierakonpolis was the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of prehistoric Egypt and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period. ()

Local name: نخن Coordinates: 25°5'50"N, 32°46'46"E

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Nekhen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: El Kab, Kom al-Ahmar Necropolis.

1.9 miNE
Archaeological site
El Kab
48 min walk • El Kab is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about 80 kilometres south of Luxor. El Kab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language, a name that refers to Nekhbet, the goddess depicted as a white vulture. In Greek it was called Eileithyias polis, "city of the goddess Eileithyia".
0.8 miSW
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Kom al-Ahmar Necropolis
22 min walk • 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, 2005. The complex dates to the Amratian culture around 3600 BC.