Naqada culture
Extent of Naqada I culture | |
| Geographical range | Egypt |
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| Period | Neolithic |
| Dates | c. 4000–3000 BC |
| Type site | Naqada |
| Preceded by | Badarian culture |
| Followed by | First Dynasty of Egypt |
| Chalcolithic Eneolithic, Aeneolithic, or Copper Age |
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↑ Stone Age ↑ Neolithic |
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↓ Bronze Age ↓ Iron Age |
25°57′00″N 32°44′00″E / 25.95000°N 32.73333°E 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.
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.