Hierakonpolis, Hampi, Cliff Palace, Delos, and the Plain of Jars highlight early capitals, sacred monuments, and burial traditions from ancient civilizations.

Hierakonpolis, located on the Nile River about 300 miles (500 kilometers) south of Cairo, was the most important settlement in Egypt's predynastic period, a five-century stretch that began around ...

Even at Hierakonpolis, baboons buried in tombs that seem to be more recent than Tomb 12 show fewer signs of violence. “You have to be careful with baboons—they bite, they steal, they’re ...

In the 5,700-year-old dig site of Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, archaeologists uncovered the remains of five male sheep that showed clear evidence of having their horns artificially modified.

Ancient Egyptian elites drank thick porridge-like beer around 5,800 years ago, a new study suggests. Researchers analysed fragments of pottery found at Hierakonpolis, an ancient city and current ...

Previously, archaeologists uncovered another tomb in Hierakonpolis, known as Tomb 100. That tomb, says the book The Egyptian Museum in Cairo: ...

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Hierakonpolis, or "City of the Hawk," is the Greek name for the modern city of Kom el-Ahmar, which became the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of the prehistoric era, ...

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In an earlier discovery at the Hierakonpolis cemetery, researchers unearthed another wildcat, Felis chaus, found buried with a healed fracture in its leg. Because of the healing, ...

In an earlier discovery at the Hierakonpolis cemetery, researchers unearthed another wildcat, Felis chaus, found buried with a healed fracture in its leg. Because of the healing, ...