El Omari
(about 4600-4400 BC)
Neolithic settlement in the Cairo region about 5 km north of Helwan.
1924 discovered by the Egyptian mineralogist Amim
El-Omari and Paul Bovier-La pierre. Bovier-La pierre excavated parts
of the site during two weeks in 1925. In 1943 Fernand Debono continue
the excavations. The excavation were finally published in 1990.
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From the settlement only pits and postholes survived.
The houses might have been built from wattle and daub. All excavated
objects were found in the pits.
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The pottery is made with the local clay. The stone
tool repertoire consists of small flakes, axes, sickles and point.
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The dead were buried in abandoned storage pits near houses. The body was placed on the left side with the head to the south and facing west. Many burials contained a small pot place in front of the body |
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