== 神話 ==
エジプトで最も古い神殿のひとつがネクヘブ(エル・カブとも呼ばれる)のネクベトの神殿である。ネクヘブはエジプト先王朝時代(紀元前3200〜3100年頃)の終わりから、おそらくエジプト初期王朝時代(紀元前3100〜2686年頃)においても、上エジプトの宗教的・政治的首都ネケンの付属都市であったと考えられている。エジプトで最も古い神殿のひとつがネクヘブ(エル・カブとも呼ばれる)のネクベトの神殿である。ネクヘブはエジプト先王朝時代(紀元前3200〜3100年頃)の終わりから、おそらくエジプト初期王朝時代(紀元前3100〜2686年頃)においても、上エジプトの宗教的・政治的首都ネケンの付属都市であったと考えられている<ref name="Wilkinson"/>。
One of Egypt's earliest [[Egyptian temple|temples]] was the shrine of Nekhbet at Nekheb (also referred to as El Kab). It was the companion city to [[Nekhen]], the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt, at the end of the [[Predynastic]] period (c. 3200–3100 BC) and probably, also during the [[Early Dynastic Period of Egypt|Early Dynastic]] Period (c. 3100–2686 BC).<ref name="Wilkinson"/> The original settlement on the Nekhen site dates from [[Naqada]] I or the late [[Badarian]] cultures. At its height, from about 3400 BC, Nekhen had at least 5,000 and possibly as many as 10,000 inhabitants.
Nekhbet was the [[tutelary deity]] of Upper Egypt. Nekhbet and her [[Lower Egypt]]ian counterpart [[Wadjet]] often appeared together as the "[[Two Ladies]]". One of the [[Ancient Egyptian royal titulary|titles]] of each ruler was the ''Nebty'' name, which began with the hieroglyphs for ''[s/he] of the Two Ladies...''.<ref name="Wilkinson"/>