Tarkhan

Pottery jar from Tarkhan

Tarkhan was a site in the Faiyum part of the Nile, located on the western bank in an area named the lower valley.  The  necropolis  there  dates  to  the  Old  Kingdom Period  (2575–2134  B.C.E.).  Predynastic  tombs  were  also constructed in Tarkhan, where mortuary regalia and the names of various rulers, accepting Narmer, were unearthed.