Naqāda - Naqāda

Naqada · ‏نقادة‎
GovernorateQinā
Residents
21.530 (2006)
height
82 m
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Naqada

Naqada (also Negada, Negade, Arabic:نقادة‎, Naqada) is a village with around 21,500 inhabitants[1] and an archaeological site in Upper Egypt in the governorate Qinā on the west side of the Nile, about 27 kilometers north of Luxor.

background

The place has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The British Egyptologist found it here in 1894 William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) had a cemetery with around 3,000 graves.

In Pharaonic times, Naqāda (ancient Egyptian Nubet, Greek Ombo) the main place of worship of the god Seth in Upper Egypt.

getting there

mobility

Tourist Attractions

The 1 ancient cemetery(25 ° 54 ′ 50 ″ N.32 ° 42 ′ 30 ″ E) is located about 2 km northwest of the village center of Naqāda.

activities

shop

kitchen

There are restaurants in the nearby Luxor.

accommodation

Accommodation is available in Luxor.

trips

Between Naqada and Qamūlā there are seven monasteries, namely Deir el-Malāk Mīchāʾīl at Naqāda, Deir eṣ-Ṣalīb and Deir Abū el-Līf in Ḥāgir Danfīq, Deir Mār Girgis el-Magmaʿ, Deir el-Anbā Pisentius, Deir Mār Buqṭur and Deir el-Malāk Mīchāʾīl at Qamūlā.

literature

  • Petrie, W [illiam] M. Flinders; Quibell, J [ames] E [dward]: Naqada and Ballas: 1895. London: Quaritch, 1896.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑Egypt: Governorates & Major Cities, citypopulation.de, accessed on May 25, 2014.
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