EGYPT 288 NEKHEN ( HIERAKONPOLIS) KOM EL AHMAR (by Egyptahotep)

Nekhen by the Egyptians, its Greek name Hierakonpolis meaning city of the falcon, (today is Kom El Ahmar means Red Mound near of the town of El Muissat)) was long venerated by the ancient Egyptians as the early capital of the Kingdom of Upper Egypt. Just as Naqada or Nubt was the city of Set, Hierakonpolis or Nekhen was the city of the Falcon, first called Nekheny the Nekhenite and represented with two tall plumes on its head. He was assimilated very early with the falcon Horus, patron god of kingship, and