This is a map of Egypt showing specifically where Nabta Playa is located.
The above photographs are of the Nabta Playa circle, showing the way it appeared.
This specific place in Egypt is known as an archaeological site that can be found in the western deserts of southern Egypt. During 9000 BCE this was next to a large lake with pastured shores, today however it is quite the opposite, it is a inhospitable desert. The sites contents were a circle of slender upright stones and the main stones were four pairs set close together. Two of the stone pairs are aligned north-sotuh and the other pairs were northeast-southwest. This helped with the observation and the motion of the sun including the constellation Orion. The purpose of the ancient stonehenge remained the same as the later one, that was to organize time according based on the seasons. It is said that this lines up with the Tropic of Cancer This is a place that played a very large role in culture. Its natural resources effect culture greatly. This was a place that is known as having one of the earliest identifiable domestic cattle which was important to the cattle-raising of the local economy. The Egyptian culture had a very vertical social structure from the beginning relating to the cattle culture.
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