Archaeological site · Egypt
Elkab
الكاب
Ancient Nekheb, cult centre of the vulture goddess Nekhbet, with town walls, temple remains and New Kingdom tombs.
Where it is
25.1204, 32.7984
Why go
Elkab is ancient Nekheb, home of the vulture goddess Nekhbet who protected Upper Egypt. Its remains run from the Predynastic to the Graeco-Roman period, most visibly the massive walls of the ancient town and the ruins of Nekhbet’s temple. In the cliff behind, decorated New Kingdom tombs carry long autobiographical texts, among them those of Paheri, Ahmose Pennekhbet and Ahmose son of Abana, a soldier who described the war against the Hyksos.
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