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Multi-periodSite Name: Nekhen Settlement Alternative Name: Hierakonpolis, Kom el AhmarCountry: Egypt Region: Upper Egypt (South) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Luxor Nearest Village: Al Basaliyah Qibli
Latitude: 25.097856N Longitude: 32.779460E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Here were found; the 2200 BCE over life size copper statue of 6th Dynasty Pharaoh Pepy and the smaller statue of his son which are now in the Cairo Egyptian Museum, the 2300 BCE golden hawk head of Horus, the two stone statue of 2700 BCE 2nd Dynasty Pharaoh Khasekhemwy (the father of the first pyramid builder Djoser) and the remains of the 9 metre tall ceremonial enclosure with granite architectural elements (listed separately). Nekhen remained a cult centre for Horus even after it was supplanted by Edfu as both provincial capital and temple centre.
The dynastic site is completed by the collection of inter-related pre-dynastic sites stretching for over 4km across the low desert further, the site of Egypt's first capital and before of capital of Upper Egypt. Here were found the 3100 BCE the palette of Narmer, a stone political document attesting the unification of Egypt, the 3000 BCE life-sized human statue of a priest from the temple of Horus one of the earliest painted pre-dynastic tomb, the earliest preserved house in Egypt from 3600 BCE, Egypt's earliest wooden temple dating to 3400 BCE, Egypt's first industrial breweries dating to 3600 BCE, the first pre-dynastic Mummies dating back to 3600 BCE, One of the only known Egyptian rock-paintings north of the first cataract at Aswan, the first huge stone-cut tomb dating to 3100 BCE with a side chamber sealed with a portcullis stone as would later be the case in the pyramids, and the earliest preserved royal palace dating back to 2900 BCE.
The site is not accessible due to ongoing excavations.
Note: Archaeologists find a 5,600-year-old (pre-dynastic) tomb in Egypt
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