One of the oldest villages in the Nile Delta, dating back to the Neolithic period, has been discovered by a Egyptian-French archaeological expedition headed by Dr. Frederic Guyot as per the Ministry of Antiquities. This intriguing discovery is significant as the expedition discovered pottery and stone tools among other evidence for human settlement at the site. This confirmed the presence of stable communities in the wetlands of the Delta around 5,000 BC. The latter would be approximately 2,500 years before the Giza pyramids (Old Kingdom) were built. The Neolithic site is located in the area of Tell El Samara, in the province of Dakahlia, about 140 kilometers north of Cairo. Dr. Ayman Ashmawy, chief of Egypt’s archaeology sector, stated the mission also carried out the excavation of building remains in the lower hills. He explained that the importance of this discovery is due to the fact that buildings and villages structures are not well-known or disclosed in the area, except at Sais. As for further evidence of human activities, Dr. Guyot revealed that the expedition discovered numerous storage silos which contained abundant quantities of animal bones and plant remains. According…
Older Than Pharaohs: Archaeologists Unearth Village Older Than 5000 BC
September 3, 2018
