city of Nekheb (Elkab)

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The city of Nekheb (Elkab) is an ancient Upper Egyptian settlement on the east bank of the Nile, known as a major religious center dedicated to the vulture goddess Nekhbet.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city
archaeological site
religious center
associatedWithGoddessAspect protective goddess of Upper Egypt
associatedWithSymbol vulture
country Egypt
dedicatedToDeity Nekhbet
hasArchaeologicalExcavationsBy Belgian archaeological missions
British archaeologists
Egyptian Antiquities Service
hasArchaeologicalRemainsFromPeriod Early Dynastic Period
Late Period
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Predynastic Period
linked to: Predynastic Egypt
hasArchaeologicalSiteCode Elkab
hasCityWallsFromPeriod Late New Kingdom
Third Intermediate Period
hasFeature city walls
necropolis
rock-cut tombs
shrines
temples of Nekhbet
hasInscriptionLanguage Ancient Egyptian
hasModernName El Kab
hasNameVariant Elkab
Nekheb (Elkab)
hasNearbyNaturalFeature Nile River cliffs
desert edge
hasNearbySite Edfu
Hierakonpolis
hasTypeOfMonument inscribed cliff faces
rock-cut tombs of local governors
temple ruins
hasWritingSystem hieratic
hieroglyphs
locatedIn Upper Egypt
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Aswan Governorate
locatedNear modern village of El Kab
locatedOn east bank of the Nile
mainCultDeity Nekhbet
partOfCulturalRegion Nile Valley
religiousRole cult center of Nekhbet
regional pilgrimage center
timeOfFirstOccupation Predynastic Period
linked to: Predynastic Egypt
wasFortified true
wasMajorReligiousCenterIn Upper Egypt

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Nekhbet linkedTo city of Nekheb (Elkab)
subject linked to: vulture goddess Nekhbet