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14 Nag-el-Hamdulab
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The oldest known representation of a pharaoh has been found carved on
rocks at a desert site in southern Egypt.



Found on vertical rocks at Nag el-Hamdulab, four miles north of the
Aswan Dam ....................
............ the images depict a pharaoh riding boats ...........

............... with attendant prisoners and animals in what is thought
to be a tax-collecting tour.

The royal boat procession: This image, heavily damaged (about 2010)
shows the earliest known image of a ruler wearing the 'White Crown', one
of the earliest symbols of Egyptian dynastic power

boat procession at 2009


the style of the carvings suggests that the images were made at a late
Dynasty date, around 3200-3100 B.C.










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