Naqada culture

Naqada culture
Extent of Naqada I culture
Geographical rangeEgypt
PeriodNeolithic
Datesc. 4000–3000 BC
Type siteNaqada
Preceded byBadarian culture
Followed byProtodynastic Period

25°57′00″N 32°44′00″E / 25.95000°N 32.73333°E / 25.95000; 32.73333 The Naqada culture is an archaeological culture of Chalcolithic Predynastic Egypt (c. 4000–3000 BC), named for the town of Naqada, Qena Governorate. A 2013 Oxford University radiocarbon dating study of the Predynastic period suggests a beginning date sometime between 3,800 and 3,700 BC.[1]

The final phase of the Naqada culture is Naqada III, which is coterminous with the Protodynastic Period (Early Bronze Age c. 3200–3000 BC) in ancient Egypt.

  1. ^ "Carbon dating shows ancient Egypt's rapid expansion".