10,000-year-old Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site found at Mount Sinai

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10,000-year-old Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site found at Mount Sinai. Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site documented at Mount Sinai (Mount Moses) area PPNA site is approximately 10,000 years old Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement exists on top of PPNA layer

A Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site approximately 10,000 years old has been documented at Mount Sinai near St. Katherine's Monastery, with a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement layered above it. Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites in Sinai were excavated in the 1970s and 1980s. Helwan points found in Faiyum connect to this pre-pottery culture that may have diffused from Turkey into Sinai. The lithic technology includes bipolar core technology with long blade flakes. This is one of the oldest documented Neolithic occupations in Egypt.

Key Facts

Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site documented at Mount Sinai (Mount Moses) area
PPNA site is approximately 10,000 years old
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement exists on top of PPNA layer
Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites in Sinai excavated in 1970s and 1980s
St. Katherine's Monastery area contains PPNA site near granite cliff with boulder
Helwan points (lithic type) found in Faiyum and connected to pre-pottery Neolithic culture
Lithic technology includes bipolar core technology with long blade flakes
PPNA may have diffused from Turkey into Sinai

Source: Primordial Egypt - On the Trail of the Ancients by Brothers of the Serpent