El Kab

Also known as Elkab, El-Kab, Necheb, Eileithyiaspolis

Elkab, also spelled El-Kab or El Kab, is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about south of Luxor (ancient Thebes). Elkab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language ( , ), a name that refers to Nekhbet, the goddess depicted as a white vulture. In Greek it was called Eileithyias polis, "city of the goddess Eileithyia".

Key facts

Settlement.name: Elkab
Settlement.image_skyline: El-Kab Necheb 1 P1120570.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of the site of Nekheb (modern Elkab)
Settlement.pushpin_map: Egypt
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Aswan
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone: EST
Settlement.utc_offset: +2

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Elevation: 88
Image: El Kab Temple.jpg

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Contents

Description of site
First excavation
Ancient Nekheb
Necropolis
Ptolemaic and Roman eras
Walls
Ancient campsites
Ancient texts
See also
References
Bibliography

Elkab consists of prehistoric and ancient Egyptian settlements, rock-cut tombs of the early Eighteenth Dynasty (1550–1295 BC), remains of temples dating from the Early Dynastic period (3100–2686 BC) to the Ptolemaic Kingdom (332–30 BC), as well as part of the walls of a Coptic monastery. This site was first scientifically excavated by James Quibell at the end of the nineteenth century, but other archaeologists have spent time at this site include Frederick William Green, Archibald Henry Sayce, Joseph John Tylor, and Somers Clarke. However, Belgian archaeologists took over the project in 1937, and it has remained in their hands since then. Much of the research done at this site took place within the town enclosure of Elkab. However, since the 1980s the work has shifted more to the north and north east of the town.