House of Nekhbet

Court of Amen 11

2nd Turning Square - 11 Nekhbet or Mut

The main temple complex at el-Kab within the massive mudbrick wall that encompassed at least part of the ancient town, contains many different structures and is difficult to understand without a ground plan. In fact, there appears to be little serious investigation of this complex. These structures are built against and into each other. This region was sacred to the goddess Nekhbet, "She of Nekhen", who became the tutelary goddess of Upper Egypt while Wadjit was her counterpart in Lower Egypt.

A 'Vulture Text' passage from the AE Book of Thoth was explored these lines more fully in Zenet 1 book .... the first 'register' that begins square 1, 'House of Thoth', ends with the Wadjit square 10, and progresses to the 'House of the Vulture' (Nekhbet/ Mut) sq 11.

The close proximity of Temples of Thoth and Nekhbet in the Nectanabo complex reinforces these links between these two deities. Thoth seems to often be understood as a unifier of the Two Lands.