Nabta Playa: The forgotten 7,000-year-old desert monument older than Stonehenge that may be the world’s first astronomical site
- PC: Discover MagazineLong before Stonehenge became one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments, a group of people living on the edge of the Sahara were already watching the movements of the heavens.
- In a landscape that is now one of the driest places on Earth, they built a small but remarkable arrangement of stones that marked important changes in the sky and seasons.
- Nabta Playa, located in southern Egypt, reveals a time when the Sahara was greener, lakes appeared during rainy periods, and communities followed the rhythms of water, animals and stars.
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- PC: Discover MagazineLong before Stonehenge became one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments, a group of people living on the edge of the Sahara were already watching the movements of the heavens.
- In a landscape that is now one of the driest places on Earth, they built a small but remarkable arrangement of stones that marked important changes in the sky and seasons.
- Nabta Playa, located in southern Egypt, reveals a time when the Sahara was greener, lakes appeared during rainy periods, and communities followed the rhythms of water, animals and stars.
Sources: Times of India