Badari — Buried Settlement North (Asyut, Egypt)
Badari Buried N
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇪🇬 Asyut, Badari, Egypt
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About Badari — Buried Settlement North (Asyut, Egypt)
Badari — Buried Settlement North (Asyut, Egypt) in Asyut, Badari, Egypt is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age. Systematic survey and photogrammetry document ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal platform and ancillary settlement. Dimensions insula 28 × 42 m; street grid 120 m × 90 m; area 4.1 ha. Excavation buried; condition buried under 2–5 m alluvium/colluvium. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age buried-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 60 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction technique
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Ceremonial centre
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. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Buried urban quarter under later deposits
- Rediscovered
- 1890
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 881 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1905
Antiquarian record, modern excavation from 1960s
c. 1450 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
26.9900° N · 31.4100° E · 60 m · 3 mapped features
Buried Insula North
insulaBuried Insula North at Badari — Buried Settlement North (Asyut, Egypt) — insula with stratified deposits
26.9888° N · 31.4081° EStreet Grid Sector
streetStreet Grid Sector at Badari — Buried Settlement North (Asyut, Egypt) — street with stratified deposits
26.9889° N · 31.4076° EWorkshop Terrace
workshopWorkshop Terrace at Badari — Buried Settlement North (Asyut, Egypt) — workshop with stratified deposits
26.9905° N · 31.4108° E