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The decorative niche brickwork on the exterior walls of the Fort was originally plastered white. Statue of King Khasekhemwy, above left, found at Hierakonpolis in 1898. On the funerary stela of the First Dynasty king "Snake," above right, the niched facade of his palace is reproduced as a device called aserekh to hold his name and designate him as a king. Shunet ez Zebib at Abydos, the mortuary enclosure of Khasekhemwy View of the Fort from a precarious perch on a cherry picker! Narrow chambers flanking the gateway possibly contained stairs to the ramparts. View of the internal structure within the fort The gray granite column base--one of the earliest examples of the architectural use of hard stone. The excavation of a predynastic burial beneath the niched gateway of the Fort by Garstang in 1906 (courtesy of Liverpool University). Bricks falling away along the west wall of the Fort Excavation of a burial has resulted in the exposure of the foundation of the wall on the southeast corner, and bricks are falling away. Erosion of foundations at the southeastern corner All photos courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition. Click on images for larger versions.

by Renée Friedman Fixing the Fort at Hierakonpolis

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