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The 7,500-year-old Nabta Playa may be the oldest known astronomical observatory.
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Image credit: Mike P Shepherd / Alamy Stock Photo

1 posted on 10/09/2024 11:15:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

“The circle’s six inner stones may have been used in rituals or to mark important alignments. These inner stones were surrounded by 29 standing stones that some researchers think formed a primitive calendar.”

how do they know, now that they’ve moved it?


2 posted on 10/10/2024 2:28:24 AM PDT by rxh4n1 ( )
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To: SunkenCiv

surrounded by 29 standing stones that some researchers think formed a primitive calendar

And the rest lying about ore hours and minutes?


3 posted on 10/10/2024 2:51:22 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Today, its main stones are in a museum in Aswan to protect them from MUSLIM vandalism.


4 posted on 10/10/2024 3:06:40 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: SunkenCiv

another attempt at Egypt First.


5 posted on 10/10/2024 3:09:47 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: SunkenCiv

I thought Nabta Playa was a rapper name.


7 posted on 10/10/2024 5:47:46 AM PDT by webheart
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To: SunkenCiv
Why they had to save some of the stones:


10 posted on 10/10/2024 8:39:29 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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