Badarian culture

thumb|Possible illustration of the conflict between Abydos, Egypt|Abydos and Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), on the [[Gebel el-Arak Knife, Louvre Museum, 3300–3200 BCE.]] Nekhen (, ), also known as Hierakonpolis (; , meaning City of Hawks or City of Falcons, a reference to Horus; ) was the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of prehistoric Egypt ( 3200–3100 BC) and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period ( 3100–2686 BC).

ancient eye cosmetic used around the eyes, primarily inside the row of eyelashes

culture in Upper Egypt during the Predynastic Era

archaeological artifacts from middle to late predynastic Egypt

town in the Asyut Governorate, Upper Egypt

thumb|right|View of Hemamieh to the west in 2019 Hemamieh (El-Hammamiya) is a village located in the Sohag Governorate in Middle Egypt on the east bank of the Nile.

mummified animal

British archaeologist (1898–1980)

theory of the origins of Dynastic Egypt

Iushenshen was an ancient Egyptian town in the Coptic nome in Upper Egypt. It is a few times mentioned in Ancient Egyptian sources. According to the Ramesside Onomastica the place was located south of Coptos. south of Coptos there is the modern town called Khozam where ancient monuments have been found, and it seems possible that Khozam was ancient Iushenshen. Near Khozam were excavated several cemeteries with some of them dating back to the Badarian Period (about 4000 BC). Near Khozam the false door of the local governor User and the false door of the overseer of Upper Egypt Tjauti were also

British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1878–1948)