In the western desert of Egypt, researchers are studying the Nabta Playa stone circle, built over 7,000 years ago. Scientists suggest that the structure may have helped ancient people observe the sky and determine the seasons. This was reported by Daily Galaxy, as conveyed by UNN.
Over 7,000 years ago, people living in what is now the western desert of Egypt built a mysterious stone circle that may have helped them read the sky and track the seasons. Long before the pyramids appeared, Nabta Playa already connected people, the stars, and the changing rhythms of the desert
According to available data, during the Neolithic period, the modern Sahara was significantly different from today's desert. Researchers claim that part of the area was covered with grasslands and lakes, allowing small communities to settle, raise animals, and farm.
Archaeologists Fred Wendorf and Romuald Schild, in a study published in 2004 in ArcheoNil, noted that people lived in the western desert of Egypt from the early Holocene until approximately 3000 BCE. Later, due to increasing aridity, they were forced to leave this region.
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