Archaeological culture · c. 4000–3500 BCE

Maadi–Buto culture (Lower Egyptian culture)

The main prehistoric culture of the Nile Delta and the Cairo area, at the same time as Naqada I and II in the south. Named after the sites of Maadi and Buto, its villagers farmed wheat and barley and kept cattle, sheep and pigs.

They used copper and imported many goods from Palestine. It was later absorbed as Naqada culture spread north.

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4000–3500 BCE