Hierakonpolis

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ancient Egyptian city archaeological site religious center urban center

Hierakonpolis was a major Predynastic and Early Dynastic urban and religious center in Upper Egypt, known as one of the earliest capitals and power bases of the emerging Egyptian state.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hierakonpolis canonical	11
Nekhen	7
Ombos (Naqada)	1
excavations at Hierakonpolis	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ religious center ⓘ urban center ⓘ
associatedWith	emergence of the Egyptian state ⓘ
contains	cult buildings ⓘ elite tombs ⓘ industrial installations ⓘ large mudbrick structures ⓘ large-scale breweries ⓘ non-elite cemeteries ⓘ
datesBackTo	4th millennium BCE ⓘ
flourishedAround	Naqada II culture ⓘ surface form: Naqada II period Naqada III period ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalArea	HK11 settlement area ⓘ HK24A brewery complex ⓘ HK29A ceremonial center ⓘ HK6 elite cemetery ⓘ fort of Khasekhemwy ⓘ
hasEarliestEvidenceOf	large-scale beer production in Egypt ⓘ
hasOngoingProject	Hierakonpolis Expedition ⓘ
hasTempleDedicatedTo	Horus ⓘ
hasYielded	decorated ceremonial palettes ⓘ early hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ evidence of animal burials ⓘ evidence of large-scale craft production ⓘ evidence of social stratification ⓘ ivory figurines ⓘ stone vessels ⓘ
influenced	iconography of early Egyptian kingship ⓘ
isImportantFor	study of Predynastic art ⓘ study of early urbanism in the Nile Valley ⓘ study of state formation in Egypt ⓘ
knownInAncientEgyptianAs	Hierakonpolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nekhen
knownInArabicAs	Kom el-Ahmar ⓘ
knownInGreekAs	Hierakonpolis self-link ⓘ
locatedIn	Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedNear	Edfu ⓘ surface form: modern town of Edfu
locatedOn	west bank of the Nile ⓘ
servedAs	early political capital ⓘ religious capital of Upper Egypt ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Upper Egypt ⓘ
wasContemporaryWith	Abydos ⓘ Naqada ⓘ
wasExcavatedBy	Frederick W. Green ⓘ James Quibell ⓘ surface form: James E. Quibell
wasMajorCenterDuring	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Early Dynastic period Predynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Predynastic period
wasReligiousCenterFor	Horus ⓘ surface form: falcon god Horus

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Early Dynastic Egypt → hasKeySite → Hierakonpolis ⓘ

Predynastic Egypt → hasImportantSite → Hierakonpolis ⓘ

Horus → worshipCenter → Hierakonpolis ⓘ