An ancient city on the west bank of the Nile, 80 km south of Luxor, Egypt. Today it is Kom el-Ahmar. Hierakonpolis is the Greek name, and in ancient Egypt it was called Nekehen. It was an important city from the prehistoric to the Predynastic period, and its ruins are important for understanding the early historical period of Egypt. It was the capital of the third nome of Upper Egypt, and at the end of the Predynastic period it was the capital of the Upper Egyptian Kingdom. The remains of a temple dedicated to the god Horus from the Archaic period (c. 3100-c. 2686 BC) and the remains of a citadel from that time have been discovered, and it is particularly famous for the discovery of the Predynastic period's King Narmer's palette, a golden hawk's head, and bronze statues of Pepi I and Prince Merenra, all of which are in the collection of the Egyptian National Museum. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
エジプトのルクソールの南方 80kmのナイル川西岸にあった古代都市。現コムエルアハマル。ヒエラコンポリスはギリシア名で,古代エジプトではネケヘンと呼ばれた。先史時代から先王朝時代にかけての重要な都市で,その遺跡はエジプトの歴史時代初期を知るうえで重要。上エジプト第3ノモスの首都で,先王朝時代末には上エジプト王国の首都となったこともある。古拙時代 (前 3100頃~2686頃) のホルス神を祀った神殿跡や,当時の城塞跡が明らかにされており,特に先王朝時代のいずれもエジプト国立博物館所蔵のナルメル王のパレットをはじめ,黄金製のたかの頭部,ペピ1世と王子メレンラの銅像などが発見されており,有名である。
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