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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nabta PlayaCountry: Egypt Region: Nubia Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Wadi Halfa Nearest Village: Abu Simbel
Latitude: 22.505800N Longitude: 30.730300E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Basin in the Nubian Desert, occupied from about the tenth to the eighth millennium, BCE First huts, then burial of cattle in stone-roofed chambers lined with clay. Around the fifth millenium, BCE, construction began on a stone circle with alignments to astronomical points.
The original circle has been removed because of vandalism, and reconstructed in the Nubian Museum, with a replica built in its place. The original site is now threatened by a canal project. See comment.
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