Hierakonpolis

Alternative site names:
Hieraconpolis; Hiéraconpolis; Hiérakonpolis; Kom el-Ahmar; Kom el Ahmar; el-Kom el-Ahmarl el Kom el Ahmar
Arabic name: الكوم الأحمر
Timeframe:
Temple (Predynastic Period, Early Dynastic Period); town (Predynastic Period, Early Dynastic Period); fort (Old Kingdom); tombs (Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, Second Intermediate Period, New Kingdom) cemeteries (Predynastic Period, Early Dynastic Period, Second Intermediate Period)

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Bibliography

Catalogue of antiquities from the excavations of the Egypt Exploration Fund at Dendereh, and the Egyptian Research Account at Hierakonpolis : exhibited [...] at University College, Gower St., London, July 4th to July 30th, 1898. 1898. London.

Brunton, Guy 1932. The predynastic town-site at Hierakonpolis. In Glanville, S. R. K. (ed.) Studies presented to F. Ll. Griffith, 272-276. London : Egypt Exploration Society; Milford.

Garstang, John 1907. Excavations at Hierakonpolis, at Esna, and in Nubia. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 8, 132-148.

Kemp, Barry J. 1963. Excavations at Hierakonpolis Fort, 1905: a preliminary note. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 49, 24-28.

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders 1898. Excavations at Hierakonpolis: the earliest monuments of Egyptian history. Archaeological Reports 1897-1898, 6-10.