Nabta Playa

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:age circa 7500 BC to 5500 BC
gptkbp:associatedWith prehistoric pastoralists
gptkbp:country gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1970s
gptkbp:excavatedBy Fred Wendorf
Romuald Schild
gptkbp:features sacred wells
stone alignments
calendar circle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nabta Playa
gptkbp:latitude about 22.5°N
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nubian_Desert
gptkbp:notableFor stone circles
megalithic structures
burial tumuli
gptkbp:period Neolithic
gptkbp:region southern Egypt
gptkbp:relatedTo Great Pyramid of Giza (in terms of astronomical alignments)
gptkbp:significance early ceremonial center in the Sahara
early evidence of astronomical alignments
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus gptkb:list
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Saharan_Neolithic_cultures
gptkb:pre-dynastic_Egypt
gptkb:Prehistoric_Egypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7