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Naqada

Alternative site names: 
Naqadah; Nagada; Nagadah; Ombos (ancient Greek); Negadeh; Nubt (ancient Egyptian); Tukh; Toukh; Zawaydeh; Zawaideh
Arabic site names: 
نقادة
Type of site: 
Cemeteries; mastaba
Timeframe: 
cemeteries (Predynastic Period, Early Dynastic Period); mastaba (1st Dynasty)
Overlay map: 
Original excavator's map of the archaeological features at Naqqada superimposed on a modern Google map image. Created by Kristian Brink, 2015.
Relevant publications: 

Catalogue of a collection of Egyptian antiquities: discovered in 1895, between Ballas and Nagada ; exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, July 1st to July 27th. 1895. London : Egypt Exploration Fund.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders and J. E. Quibell 1896. Naqada and Ballas: 1895. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [1] (1st year). London: Bernard Quaritch.

Site gallery: 

Ballas to Naqada.jpg

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Positions of Cemeteries.jpg [2]

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[1] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/ballas-naqadajpg-0
[2] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/positions-cemeteriesjpg-0