Nabta Playa
Nabta Playa "calendar circle", reconstructed at Aswan Nubia museum | |
| Location | Egypt |
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| Coordinates | 22°30′29″N 30°43′32″E / 22.507967°N 30.725600°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Founded | Approximately 7500 BC |
| Periods | Neolithic |
Nabta Playa was once a large endorheic basin in the Nubian Desert, located approximately 800 kilometers south of modern-day Cairo or about 100 kilometers west of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt, 22.51° north, 30.73° east. Today the region is characterized by numerous archaeological sites. The Nabta Playa archaeological site, one of the earliest of the Egyptian Neolithic Period, is dated to circa 7500 BC.