Nekhen

Summary

Nekhen is an ancient city^[1]. Nekhen ranks in the top 8% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nekhen is located in Aswan Governorate^[3].
• Nekhen is in the country of Egypt^[4].
• Nekhen's image is recorded as Kingscorpion.jpg^[5].
• Nekhen's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[6].
• Nekhen's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[7].
• Nekhen's Commons category is recorded as Hierakonpolis^[8].
• Nekhen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[9].
• Nekhen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 25.097222222222, 'lon': 32.779444444444}^[10].
• Nekhen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03468j^[11].
• Nekhen's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[12].
• Nekhen's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Hierakonpolis^[13].
• Nekhen's Pleiades ID is recorded as 786037^[14].
• Nekhen's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 22162^[15].
• Nekhen's Trismegistos Geo ID is recorded as 848^[16].
• Nekhen's culture is recorded as Ancient Egypt^[17].
• Nekhen's Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID is recorded as nekhen^[18].
• Nekhen's Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID is recorded as ierakonpolis^[19].
• Nekhen's ToposText place ID is recorded as 250327UHie^[20].
• Nekhen's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007531915405171^[21].
• Nekhen's Grove Art Online ID is recorded as T038050^[22].
• Nekhen's museum-digital place ID is recorded as 18743^[23].
• Nekhen's Kulturenvanteri monument ID is recorded as 339185^[24].
• Nekhen's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/c43dd253-61ff-4234-b113-4161b3107530^[25].

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Geography

Nekhen is in the country of Egypt^[4]. Nekhen is located in Aswan Governorate^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ancient city^[6] and archaeological site^[7].

Why It Matters

Nekhen ranks in the top 8% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).^[2] Nekhen has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] Nekhen is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]