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Predynastics tagged “aswan”

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city

Hierakonpolis — Locality 6 Ancillary Ceremonial Enclosure (Kom el-Ahmar)

Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban

Hierakonpolis — Locality 6 Ancillary Ceremonial Enclosure (Kom el-Ahmar) in Aswan, Hierakonpolis, Kom el-Ahmar, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BC…

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Hierakonpolis — Buried Necropolis HK43 (Nekhen, Egypt)

Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Hierakonpolis — Buried Necropolis HK43 (Nekhen, Egypt) in Aswan, Hierakonpolis, HK43, Egypt is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attrib…