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Post by amunratheultimate on Sept 22, 2015 10:39:41 GMT -5
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Post by amunratheultimate on Sept 22, 2015 10:40:42 GMT -5
Map of pre-dynastic Ancient Egyptian archaeological sites:  |
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Post by amunratheultimate on Sept 22, 2015 10:41:44 GMT -5
 Textual form: ON THE WAY TO ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CIVILISATION It may be stated now that there are many indications confirming the close relationship between the inhabitants of the Western Desert and the Nile valley as represented by mythological and symbolical representations in the Cave of the Beasts. These depictions shed a completely new light on several cornerstones of ancient Egyptian concepts of the world and their state.59 They clarify and create a proper context of the Nabta Playa evidence and also help us understand the sudden complexity of predynastic Upper Egyptian cultures. The scenes of the Cave of the Beasts prove that there was a significant social complexity comprised in a community that produced its artistic decorations (e.g., the chieftain and subjugated enemies). At the same time, this community had significant intellectual capability to comprehend their surrounding environment with the help of complex mythological compositions that later on became a characteristic part of ancient Egyptian culture and religion (fig. 42). |
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Post by amunratheultimate on Sept 22, 2015 10:42:26 GMT -5
Map of pre-dynastic settlements in the region - Back and forth movements of people between the Nile and surrounding deserts due to changes in climate:  Textual form (extract): In their article in Science 2006, Rudolph Kuper and Stefan Kröpelin published what is so far the best summary of the climatic variations observed in the Sahara during the Holocene.15 According to their research, during the Early Holocene occupation phase (8500–7000 B.C.) the number of rapid monsoon rains increased, the Sahara turned into a savanna-like environment suitable for occupation [Green Sahara] and became resettled by a population from what was at that time an inhospitable Nile valley and from the south (today’s Sudan) . These newcomers were hunter-gatherers practicing limited husbandry. The sites in the Regenfeld area indicate that these populations were moving quickly from place to place over long distances. During this period most of the Nile valley was not occupied probably due to harsh and unpredictable Nile fluctuations. Also discussed in more depth and wider African context in this thread: The Peopling Of The Sahara During the Holocene/Green Sahara |
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Post by anansi on Sept 26, 2015 19:29:43 GMT -5
Great info deserved to be stickied.
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