 Nabta Playa "calendar circle", reconstructed at Aswan Nubia museum | |
  Nabta Playa Shown within Northeast Africa  Nabta Playa Nabta Playa (Egypt) | |
| Location | Egypt |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 22°30′29″N 30°43′32″E / 22.507967°N 30.725600°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Founded | Approximately 7500 BC |
| Periods | Neolithic |
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Nabta Playa was once a large endorheic basin in the Nubian Desert, located approximately 800 kilometers south of modern-day Cairo[1] or about 100 kilometers west of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt,[2] 22.51° north, 30.73° east.[3] Today the region is characterized by numerous archaeological sites.[2] The Nabta Playa archaeological site, one of the earliest of the Egyptian Neolithic Period, is dated to circa 7500 BC.[4][5]
- ^ Slayman, Andrew L. (May 27, 1998). "Neolithic Skywatchers". Archaeological Institute of America.
- ^ a b Wendorf, Fred; Schild, Romuald (November 26, 2000). "Late Neolithic megalithic structures at Nabta Playa (Sahara), southwestern Egypt". Comparative Archaeology Web. Archived from the original on August 6, 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Wendorf, Fred; Schild, Romuald (2013). Holocene Settlement of the Egyptian Sahara: Volume 1: The Archaeology of Nabta Playa. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 51–53. ISBN 9781461506539.