El-Amrah is a site about south of Badari,

Upper Egypt Upper Egypt ( ', shortened to , , locally: ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel North. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake N ...

. Archaeological discoveries in 1901 at El-Amrah, were the basis of what is now known as the

Amratian culture The Amratian culture, also called Naqada I, was an archaeological culture of prehistoric Upper Egypt. It lasted approximately from 4000 to 3500 BC. Overview The Amratian culture is named after the archaeological site of el-Amrah, located around ...

, a Naqada I culture of predynastic

, that lasted from 4400 BC to 3500 BC.Shaw, Ian, ed. (2000). The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. p. 479. File:Model cattle, El-Amra, Naqada I, British Museum EA 35506.jpg, Model cattle, El-Amra, Naqada I, British Museum EA 35506 File:Pre-Dynastic model house, El-Amra, Naqada IIC until 3200 BCE, British Museum EA35505.jpg, Pre-Dynastic model house, El-Amra, Naqada IIC until 3200 BCE, British Museum EA35505

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{{Authority control Neolithic cultures of Africa Predynastic Egypt 4th millennium BC in Egypt 1901 archaeological discoveries Amratian culture Archaeological sites in Egypt