Naqādah

Naqādah
or Naqada

Town (pop., latest est.: 17,000), Egypt.

Located on the west bank of the Nile River north of ancient Karnak, it is the site of a Neolithic town and burial grounds of the prehistoric period (before 2900 BC). It was first excavated by archaeologist Flinders Petrie in 1895. The modern town has pottery and silk industries.

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▪ Egypt
also spelled  Nakada,  

      town, Upper Egypt. It lies on the west bank of the Nile, in the great bend of the river, opposite Qūṣ, in Qinā muḥāfaẓah (governorate). One of the oldest regions of Egypt, it is the site of a Neolithic town and burial grounds of the Predynastic period (before c. 2925 BC). It was first excavated by the British archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie, and the cultures found are referred to by scholars as Amratian (Naqādah I) and Gerzean (Naqādah II). There was possibly a nome (province) political organization centred there in predynastic times, with the god Seth as tutelary deity. The modern town is largely Coptic and has pottery and silk industries. Locally grown sugarcane, dates, and cereals are processed in the town. Pop. (latest est.) 17,200.

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