Discovery of first historic clock dating to 6500 years
Egypt, History, 4/9/2001

The joint archaeological mission of the University of Dallas and the Polish Institute made huge discoveries in the area of Nabta 100 km west of Abou Simbel.

The discoveries are related to prehistoric times as the mission found a lot of tools, clay vessels, and skeletons.

The area of Nabta is one of the most important areas for archaeological excavation related to prehistoric times. It measures 5,000 square meters. It includes the remains of stores, wells and houses.

The mission also found tombs where in one of them there were 30 skeletons and some bracelets made of the teeth of animals and many clay vessels.

Also discovered in this area are 100 amulets, 20 bracelets, 6 needles and remains of make-up material.

Also of the important discoveries is a clock thought to be the first historic one. It is shaped as a circle made of stones whose diameter is 4 meters. There are 6 stones near the center and arranged in two lines extending east and west.

Time is measured in this clock through the shade of the stones in the center which falls on the stones of the circle.

The archaeologists also found bulks of stones placed in correspondence with the positions of the stars in order to know the time of the different seasons especially the rainy ones.

They also found a tomb of a cow which indicates the beginning of cow-worship identified later with the cow-goddess Hathor.

These monuments should be studied thoroughly to give us a deeper understanding of the Pharaonic history.