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El Kab
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El Kab
El Kab, ancient Nekheb, is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile consisting of prehistoric and pharaonic settlements, rock-cut tombs of the early 18th Dynasty (1550-1295 BC), remains of temples dating from the Early Dynastic period (3100-2686 BC) to the Ptolemaic period (332-30 BC), as well as part of the walls of a Coptic monastery.
Site Information
Country: Egypt
District: Aswan Governorate
Site History: Second Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Ancient Egyptians
Later Cultures: Ptolemaic + Roman
Site Features: Ancient Egyptian & Ptolemaic Monuments
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