Historical place profile
Nekhen/Hierakonpolis
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:786037
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:786037
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 25.097743, 32.779728
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 B3 Hierakonpolis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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