An international expedition to the ancient Egyptian site of Hierakonpolis is being featured in Archaeology magazine this month. Renée Friedman of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Egyptologist Jane Smythe, and botanist Ahmed Fahmy
The Narmer Palette, found at Hierakonpolis by J. E. Quibell
Photo Credit: in the public domain
are conducting ongoing research at a a large-scale food production site, perhaps a brewery, dated to predynastic times about 3600 BC.
The excavations at Hierakonpolis have been featured on Archaeology interactive dig feature for several years now, and the feature just gets better and better.
The Narmer Palette, found at Hierakonpolis by J. E. Quibell
Photo Credit: in the public domain
The excavations at Hierakonpolis have been featured on Archaeology interactive dig feature for several years now, and the feature just gets better and better.
- Hierakonpolis Interactive, Archaeology magazine's ongoing feature
- Hierakonpolis, the official website
- the Narmer Palette, more about this important object found at Hierakonpolis, illustrating the early ruler Narmer
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