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Partially excavated places tagged “hierakonpolis”

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Edfu South Pyramid

Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian

Minor step pyramid 5 km south of Edfu (c.2630 BCE), 21.65 m base, part of Huni network.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

El-Kula Pyramid

Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian

Minor step pyramid 6 km north Hierakonpolis (c.2630 BCE), 18.6 m base, near predynastic capital.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of El-Kula (Hierakonpolis)

Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni)

Huni minor step pyramid 18.63 m base, 3 steps, ~8 m high today of limestone with eastern chapel trace, on desert slope 2.5 km west of Hierakonpolis predynastic capital (Nekhen).

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city

Hierakonpolis Enclosure (Kom el-Ahmar Town Wall)

Predynastic to Old Kingdom (3800–2686 BCE) · Egyptian (Predynastic–Early Dynastic)

Fortified Early Dynastic town wall enclosing palace and world's oldest brewery.