Aswan Governorate
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Aswān Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. The southernmost governorate in Upper Egypt, covering most of Lake Nasser. The Governorate's capital is Aswan.
View of Aswan in lake Nasser
Image: Emblem Aswan Governorate
Colourful houses on Heissa island
Nekhen
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Nekhen, also known as Hierakonpolis was the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of prehistoric Egypt and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period.
View of Nekhen
Possible illustration of the conflict between Abydos and Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), on the Gebel el-Arak Knife, Louvre Museum, 3300–3200 BCE.
Nekhen ivory objects
Human figurine from the main deposit at Nekhen, Ashmolean Museum