Gebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore
Final Neolithic (6000–4300 BCE El Nabta / Al Jerar)·Nabta pastoral Neolithic (Gebel Ramlah phase)·🇪🇬 Western Desert, Gebel Ramlah, near Lake Nasser, Nabta-Ramlah basin, Egypt
About
About Gebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore
Ramlah excavated by Polish Combined Prehistoric Expedition 2009–, 5500 BCE jewels including 3000 beads per burial.
Why it mattersKey Nabta pastoral Neolithic (Gebel Ramlah phase) cemetery with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 5500 BCE Cemetery E-09-02
- Period
- Final Neolithic (6000–4300 BCE El Nabta / Al Jerar)
- Culture
- Nabta pastoral Neolithic (Gebel Ramlah phase)
- Purpose
- Final Neolithic cemetery (68 burials) with cattle-horn headdresses and earliest dated jewellery — pastoral elite graves
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1970
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 5500 BCE Cemetery E-09-02
Initial construction / first occupation at Gebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Gebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore
c. 200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Gebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore
On the ground
Structures & features
22.6040° N · 30.4630° E · 190 m · 3 mapped features
Gebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore — Principal Structure
structurestructure at Gebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore — hydraulic feature
22.6049° N · 30.4631° EGebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore — Complex Annex 2
complexcomplex at Gebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore — hydraulic feature
22.6043° N · 30.4632° EGebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore — Southern Rock Art
rock artrock art at Gebel Ramlah — Final Neolithic Cemetery Lake Shore — outlier feature
22.6056° N · 30.4615° E