Archaeological culture · c. 4400–4000 BCE (perhaps from 5000 BCE)

Badarian culture

The earliest known farming culture of Upper Egypt, named after El-Badari in Middle Egypt. Badarians grew crops, kept cattle, sheep and goats, and gave some animals and dogs ceremonial burials.

They buried their own dead in cemeteries at the desert edge with black-topped pottery, ivory figures, shells and amulets. They were the forerunners of the Naqada culture.

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On the map

4400–4000 BCE