The cemetery at Tarkhan was established around 3300 BCE, during the Naqada IIIA2 period, and provides evidence of the mobility of the Naqada population. The Naqada culture, which initially developed in Upper Egypt near the present-day town of Naqada, expanded its territories northward. In the Fayum oasis region, other important cemeteries associated with the Naqada community can be found, such as Abusir el-Melek and el-Gerza, with the latter located just a few kilometers south of Tarkhan, the focus of today’s story.