Hierakonpolis: City of the Hawk
Hierakonpolis, the City of the Hawk, ancient Egyptian Nekhen, is one
of the most important archaeological sites for understanding the
foundations of ancient Egyptian society.
Best
known as the home of the ceremonial Palette of Narmer, one of the first
political documents in history, and attributed to the first king of the
First Dynasty at about 3100BC, the site contains far more.
Well before the construction of the
pyramids, Hierakonpolis was one of the largest urban centers along the
Nile -- a vibrant, bustling city containing many of the features that
would later come to typify Dynastic Egyptian civilization. Stretching
for over 3 km along the edge of the Nile flood plain, already by 3600 BC
it was a city of many neighborhoods and quarters.
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