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Naqada is a town on the west bank of the Nile in the Egyptian governorate of Qena. It was known in Ancient Egypt as Nubt[pronunciation?] and in classical antiquity as Ombos[pronunciation?]. Its name derives from ancient Egyptian nub, meaning gold, on account of the proximity of gold mines in the Eastern Desert.
Naqada comprises some villages such as Tukh, Khatara, Danfiq and Zawayda. It stands near the site of a necropolis from the prehistoric, pre-dynastic period around 4400-3000 BC. Naqada has given its name to the widespread Naqada culture that existed at the time, here, and at other sites including el Badari, Gerzeh and Nekhen (Hierakonopolis). The large quantity of remains from Naqada have enabled the dating of the entire culture, throughout Egypt and environs.
About three kilometers northwest of Naqada, on the edge of the Western Desert is an early dynastic tomb found in 1897. It contained ivory tablets, vase fragments and clay sealings bearing the name of Pharaoh Hor-Aha and his possible wife or mother, Neithhotep. The tomb probably belonged to a local administrator of the First dynasty. Nearby cemeteries also produced a number of stelae of the end of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period. The necropolis belonged to the town of Qus, on the east bank of the Nile.
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