In Cemetery 43, 150 burials were found. Scholars hold the view that they belonged to the working class inhabitants of Nekhen, since less objects w

Setau was the High Priest of Nekheb during the reign of Ramses III in the Twentieth Dynasty. Four steps lead down into the Tomb of Setau and on th

Renni held the position of Nomarch of El Kab and Overseer of the Priests of Nekhbet during the reign of Amenhotep I, at the beginning of the Eight

Paheri was the Mayor of Nekheb and tutor of Prince Wadjmose, during the reign of Thutmosis III. From the scenes in the Tomb of Ahmose, Son of

  Ahmose, son of Abana, was an officer and Captain of Sailors in the Egyptian army during the end of the Seventeenth Dynasty (the Sec

  To the east of the Vulture Rock in Wadi Hillal stands a small-structured temple built in the reign of Amenhotep III (of the 18th Dyn

The Temples of Thoth and Nekhbet at el-Kab are two small structures dedicated to Nekbet (the Vulture goddess of Upper Egypt) and Thoth (the god of

Further along the valley road, one can behold the Vulture Rock. It is so named because its shape –seen at a certain angle– resembles t