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The Black Lotus Connection B.L.C. radio Nzun(nekhen). Its ancient name is NzunNo and the nile port is nzunprt coptic(Nekhen) greek(Hierakonpolis) Nekhen is located in Egypt NekhenNekhen Location in Egypt Coordinates: 25°5′50″N 32°46′46″E Country Egypt Time zoneEST (UTC+2) • Summer (DST)+3 (UTC) O48 niwt or O47 nniwt Nekhen in hieroglyphs Hieraconpolis redirects here; for the ancient fortress in Egypt called Hieracon, see Hieracon Nekhen /ˈnɛkən/ or Hieraconpolis (/ˌhaɪərə kɒnpəlɨs/; Ancient Greek: Ἱεράκων πόλις hierakōn polis, "city of hawks",[1] Arabic: الكوم الأحمر‎, Al-Kom Al-Aħmar, "red mound"[2]) was the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of the Predynastic period (c. 3200 – 3100 BC) and probably, also during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100 – 2686 BC). Some authors suggest occupation dates that should begin thousands of years earlier. Contents [hide] 1 Horus cult center 2 "Fort" 3 Oldest known Egyptian painted tomb 4 Oldest known zoo 5 Later activity 6 Bibliography 7 References 8 External links Horus cult center[edit] Nekhen was the center of the cult of a hawk deity Horus of Nekhen, which raised in this city one of the most ancient temples in Egypt, and it retained its importance as the cult center of this divine patron of the kings long after it had otherwise declined. The original settlement on the Nekhen site dates from the culture known as Naqada I of 4400 BC or the late Badarian culture that may date from 5000 BC. At its height from about 3400 BC Nekhen had at least 5,000 and possibly as many as 10,000 inhabitants. The ruins of the city originally were excavated toward the end of the nineteenth century by the English archaeologists James E. Quibell and F. W. Green. Quibell and Green discovered the Main Deposit, a foundation deposit beneath the temple,[3] in 1894.[4] Quibell was originally trained under W.M.F. Petrie, the inventor of modern

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The Black Lotus Connection B.L.C. radio Nzun(nekhen). Its ancient name is NzunNo and the nile port is nzunprt coptic(Nekhen) greek(Hierakonpolis)Nekhen is located in Egypt NekhenNekhenLocation in EgyptCoordinates: 25°5′50″N 32°46′46″ECountry EgyptTime zoneEST (UTC+2) • Summer (DST)+3 (UTC)O48niwt orO47nniwtNekhenin hieroglyphsHieraconpolis redirects here; for the ancient fortress in Egypt called Hieracon, see HieraconNekhen /ˈnɛkən/ or Hieraconpolis (/ˌhaɪərə kɒnpəlɨs/; Ancient Greek: Ἱεράκων πόλις hierakōn polis, "city of hawks",[1] Arabic: الكوم الأحمر‎, Al-Kom Al-Aħmar, "red mound"[2]) was the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of the Predynastic period (c. 3200 – 3100 BC) and probably, also during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100 – 2686 BC). Some authors suggest occupation dates that should begin thousands of years earlier.Contents [hide] 1 Horus cult center2 "Fort"3 Oldest known Egyptian painted tomb4 Oldest known zoo5 Later activity6 Bibliography7 References8 External linksHorus cult center[edit]Nekhen was the center of the cult of a hawk deity Horus of Nekhen, which raised in this city one of the most ancient temples in Egypt, and it retained its importance as the cult center of this divine patron of the kings long after it had otherwise declined.The original settlement on the Nekhen site dates from the culture known as Naqada I of 4400 BC or the late Badarian culture that may date from 5000 BC. At its height from about 3400 BC Nekhen had at least 5,000 and possibly as many as 10,000 inhabitants.The ruins of the city originally were excavated toward the end of the nineteenth century by the English archaeologists James E. Quibell and F. W. Green.Quibell and Green discovered the Main Deposit, a foundation deposit beneath the temple,[3] in 1894.[4] Quibell was originally trained under W.M.F. Petrie, the inventor of modern

The Black Lotus Connection B.L.C. radio Nzun(nekhen). Its ancient name is NzunNo and the nile port is nzunprt coptic(Nekhen) greek(Hierakonpolis) Nekhen is located in Egypt NekhenNekhen Location in Egypt Coordinates: 25°5′50″N 32°46′46″E Country Egypt Time zoneEST (UTC+2) • Summer (DST)+3 (UTC) O48 niwt or O47 nniwt Nekhen in hieroglyphs Hieraconpolis redirects here; for the ancient fortress in Egypt called Hieracon, see Hieracon Nekhen /ˈnɛkən/ or Hieraconpolis (/ˌhaɪərə kɒnpəlɨs/; Ancient Greek: Ἱεράκων πόλις hierakōn polis, "city of hawks",[1] Arabic: الكوم الأحمر‎, Al-Kom Al-Aħmar, "red mound"[2]) was the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of the Predynastic period (c. 3200 – 3100 BC) and probably, also during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100 – 2686 BC). Some authors suggest occupation dates that should begin thousands of years earlier. Contents [hide] 1 Horus cult center 2 "Fort" 3 Oldest known Egyptian painted tomb 4 Oldest known zoo 5 Later activity 6 Bibliography 7 References 8 External links Horus cult center[edit] Nekhen was the center of the cult of a hawk deity Horus of Nekhen, which raised in this city one of the most ancient temples in Egypt, and it retained its importance as the cult center of this divine patron of the kings long after it had otherwise declined. The original settlement on the Nekhen site dates from the culture known as Naqada I of 4400 BC or the late Badarian culture that may date from 5000 BC. At its height from about 3400 BC Nekhen had at least 5,000 and possibly as many as 10,000 inhabitants. The ruins of the city originally were excavated toward the end of the nineteenth century by the English archaeologists James E. Quibell and F. W. Green. Quibell and Green discovered the Main Deposit, a foundation deposit beneath the temple,[3] in 1894.[4] Quibell was originally trained under W.M.F. Petrie, the inventor of modern

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