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ID: 1095229
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1095229
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of El Badâri (inhabited place)  El Badâri (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 59 33 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 26.9926  decimal degrees
Long: 031 24 56 E  degrees minutes   Long: 31.4155  decimal degrees

Note: Famous for artifacts of Egyptian predynastic cultural phase that takes its name from this site (Badarian culture); these people apparently continued agricultural & pastoral practices of Tasians, but developed their own artistic & technical skills.

Names:
El Badâri (preferred,C,V)
Al-Badārī (C,V)
Al Badārī (NA,V,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Egypt (nation)  ........  Egypt (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Asyūţ (governorate)  ............  Asyūţ (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of El Badâri (inhabited place)  ................  El Badâri (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled in 5th mill. BC
town (C)
archaeological site (C)  ............  British excavations began in 1920s

Sources and Contributors:
Al-Badārī..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 782
....................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-4
Al Badārī..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
El Badâri..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  The Nile, National Geographic (1995) map supplement
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 782
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -289840
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-4
..................  The Nile, National Geographic (1995) map supplement
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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