Excavations at Nabta Playa, in the Western Desert of southern Egypt, have yielded evidence of regularly arrayed buildings in the Neolithic period, tumuli for cattle, hearths for animal sacrifices and megaliths aligned in a plurality of directions (Malville et al., 1998 Malville et al., 2008 Wendorf et al., 1993 Kobusiewicz and Schild, 2005). Such approaches complement the more usual archaeological methods.

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The study concludes that unique characteristics of the Pallikonda megalith mark The Iron age rising and setting azimuths of the stars Vega, Capella, Cassiopeia andĭeneb. With cupules, some of which form distinct sightlines. Separating the arable from the non-arable lands. Line drawn from the tip of the hill and passing through the north-west projection of theĬap stone points towards the confluence of rivers Palar and Koundanyanadi, and onįurther extrapolation, to the summer solstice sunset. The structure is positioned strategically, so that a straight Spatial analysis of the site reveals several uniqueįeatures of the megalith. The capstone is oriented in the north-south axis, with a double projection Lies at the foot of the large Pallikonda hill and overlooks the fertile basin of the The site harbors a large, non-sepulchral stoneĪrrangement comprising a large capstone balanced on three boulders. Megalithic sites and one monument, in particular, erected in the small panchayat town of The state of Tamil Nadu, southern India, hosts a large number of such However, building megalithic graves fell into disuse post-1000 AD for yet unknown Sepulchral and non sepulchral stone monuments erected possibly within 1100 BC–300 AD. The south Indian megalithic age exhibits a wonderful range of This may come as a surprise because ancient Egyptians considered the west, the Western Desert, to be places of oblivion, death and destruction. that migrated to the Nile valley due to climatic stress may be considered the intellectual precursors of the ancient Egyptians. It is therefore not entirely out of question that some segments of Western Desert populations of the sixth and early fifth millennia B.C. At the same time these ideas became some of the basic principles of the ancient Egyptian incipient state. It is above all the decoration of the Cave of the Beasts that indicates that the local prehistoric populations of herders were the authors of several mythological concepts that later became key elements of ancient Egyptian culture and concept of the world. The latest analysis of the rock-art motifs in the area of Gilf Kebir in Egypt's Western Desert provides evidence for the theory that at least some concepts traditionally connected with ancient Egypt and its civilisation may had been formulated at least several hundred years before this state came into being around 3,000 BC. In turn, these ‘newcomers’ to the Nile valley contributed to the process of formation of ancient Egyptian civilisation. It has been long supposed that the roots of ancient Egyptian civilisation were connected with the climatic depredation of the Western Desert which led to the last wave of intensive sedentarisation in the Nile valley. On the Cave of the Swimmers and the possible roots of Ancient Egyptian civilisation Both bays encompass a lengthy stretch of relatively sheltered coastal and estuarine water. The southern end of this possible ancient trackway is located on Carmarthen Bay, and the northern end, on Cardigan Bay. This has led to another discovery, namely, that a still traceable route way of roads and footpaths leads north from this monument across Pembrokeshire, passing close by several Neolithic monuments and settlements as it does so, before reaching a sheltered bay and another, south facing, dolmen on the north coast. Previous research by the author into the astronomical possibilities at this site have revealed horizon indicators for cardinal north, in the form of earth mounds which appear to have marked the lower culminations of Deneb and Vega, as they dipped down to the horizon and rose again during the third and fourth millennium BCE. The monument builders chose not the spectacular sea views of the south-facing slope, but the apparently more mundane inland vista of the north side, with a near horizon comprising a low ridge on the far side of a small valley, now a beach. Its location has been an enigma since Victorian times. The King’s Quoit dolmen perches precariously halfway up a headland in south Wales.

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