Nawamis — Sinai Stone Burial Houses
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (4500–3000 BCE)·Sinai Chalcolithic Nawamis (Tamna?)·🇪🇬 South Sinai, Egypt
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About Nawamis — Sinai Stone Burial Houses
Nawamis — Sinai Stone Burial Houses in South Sinai, Egypt is a Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (4500–3000 BCE) tomb attributed to Sinai Chalcolithic Nawamis (Tamna?). 500+ stone-built corbelled burial 'houses' 3–6 m diameter on Sinai granite ridges at Nawamis field. Nawamis field 30 km with 500 corbelled stone circular houses elite tombs.
Why it mattersKey Sinai Chalcolithic Nawamis (Tamna?) reference for transition
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade route evidence
- 02Neolithic origins
Theories
- 01Earliest farming model
- 02Desert port logistics
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. 4000 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (4500–3000 BCE)
- Culture
- Sinai Chalcolithic Nawamis (Tamna?)
- Purpose
- 500+ stone-built corbelled burial 'houses' 3–6 m diameter on Sinai granite ridges at Nawamis field
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 4000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1950 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
28.7000° N · 34.0000° E · 1300 m · 3 mapped features
Nawamis — Sinai Stone Burial Houses — Main Structure
featureMain
28.7002° N · 34.0001° ENawamis — Sinai Stone Burial Houses — Annex
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28.6998° N · 34.0002° ENawamis — Sinai Stone Burial Houses — Outlier
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28.7004° N · 33.9998° E