Elkab
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Elkab (also el-Kab) was the site of an important settlement and cemetery in Upper Egypt, situated on the east bank of the Nile River opposite the city of Hierakonpolis to effectively form a twin city. Elkab represented the cult centre of the vulture-goddess Nekhbet.
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Bibliography
- Depuydt, Frans, Hendrickx, Stan and Huyge, Dirk [1989], Elkab IV. Topographie, [Publications du Comité des fouilles belges en Egypte], Bruxelles: Fondation égyptologique reine Elisabeth, 1989.
- Hendrickx, Stan [1994], Elkab V. The Naqada III Cemetery, (with a contribution by Veerle Van Rossum), [Publications du Comité des fouilles belges en Egypte], Bruxelles: Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, 1994.
- Limme, L. [2008], "Elkab, 1937-2007: Seventy Years of Belgian Archaeological Research", BMSAES 9 (2008), pp.15–50. abstract pdf
- Quibell, James Edward [1898], El Kab, (in association with the work of Somers Clarke and J.J. Tylor), London: Bernard Quaritch, 1898. pdf html
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