Naqada

E351845

Naqada is an ancient town in Upper Egypt renowned as a major prehistoric archaeological site that gave its name to the Naqada culture of early Egyptian civilization.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Naqada canonical 14
Naqada culture 6
Naqada I 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName Nubt ⓘ
linked to: Nebet
ancientNameMeaning City of Gold ⓘ
archaeologicalCultureTypeSiteFor Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
associatedWith early development of ancient Egyptian state ⓘ
emergence of social stratification in Egypt ⓘ
contributedTo chronology of Predynastic Egypt ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
cultureNamedAfter Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
distanceFromLuxor about 25 km north ⓘ
earliestOccupation 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy Flinders Petrie ⓘ
excavationStartCentury 19th century ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFeature large predynastic cemetery ⓘ
settlement remains ⓘ
temple remains ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalMaterial decorated pottery ⓘ
grave goods from elite burials ⓘ
ivory figurines ⓘ
stone palettes ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Predynastic Egypt ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPhase Naqada I ⓘ
linked to: Naqada

Naqada II ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture

Naqada III ⓘ
linked to: Naqada III period
hasEvidenceOf craft production ⓘ
early Egyptian funerary practices ⓘ
long-distance trade contacts ⓘ
knownFor Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada

predynastic Egyptian cemeteries ⓘ
prehistoric archaeological remains ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedInValley Nile Valley ⓘ
locatedNear Koptos (Qift) ⓘ
Luxor ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Nile ⓘ
modernAdministrativeStatus town in Qena Governorate ⓘ
partOf ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
region Qena Governorate ⓘ
religiousSignificanceInAntiquity cult center of the god Seth ⓘ
timePeriod Chalcolithic ⓘ
Early Bronze Age ⓘ
usedFor defining phases of early Egyptian civilization ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neithhotep → burialPlace → Naqada ⓘ
Aha → attestedAt → Naqada ⓘ
Maadi culture → overlapsWith → Naqada I culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Naqada III period → associatedWith → Naqada (site) ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Nubian A-Group culture → tradedWith → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Setekh → hasCultCenter → Naqada ⓘ
Setesh → hasMajorCultCenter → Naqada ⓘ
Seth → worshipCenter → Naqada ⓘ
Naqada → knownFor → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Naqada → cultureNamedAfter → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Naqada → hasArchaeologicalPhase → Naqada I ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Naqada → archaeologicalCultureTypeSiteFor → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Naqada archaeological area → partOf → Naqada region ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Naqada archaeological area → knownFor → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Naqada archaeological area → culture → Naqada I ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Naqada cemetery → locatedIn → Naqada ⓘ
Naqada cemetery → hasPeriod → Naqada I ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Naqada cemetery → culture → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada
Dynasty 0 → mainCenters → Naqada ⓘ
Set → worshipCenter → Naqada ⓘ
subject linked to: god Set