Pre-Dynastic Vases Found in 15,000-Year-Old Burials. Hard stone vases found in pre-dynastic burials dating back 15,000 years to Neolithic Stone Age peoples of Kush (Northern Sudan/Southern Egypt) Carbon-14 dated burials in Velushka Tumba - Porodin [Macedonia] contain these artifacts Sites now under Lake Nasser (created by Aswan High Dam in 1960s)
Hard stone vases dating back 5,000 years were found in Predynastic burials at Velushka Tumba - Porodin [Macedonia], now under Lake Nasser. Archaeological teams excavated these sites in the 1960s before the reservoir filled. Early pharaohs like Djoser even robbed older tombs to collect these vessels ⬆️
Key Facts
- Hard stone vases found in pre-dynastic burials dating back 15,000 years to Neolithic Stone Age peoples of Kush (Northern Sudan/Southern Egypt)
- Carbon-14 dated burials in Velushka Tumba - Porodin [Macedonia] contain these artifacts
- Sites now under Lake Nasser (created by Aswan High Dam in 1960s)
- Harvard and Boston University excavated these sites around 1900
- Pottery imitations of hard stone vessels found in same burials, proving ancient people knew of and valued these artifacts
- Early Dynastic Pharaohs (like Djoser) robbed older tombs to collect these vessels
Related site: Velushka Tumba - Porodin [Macedonia] — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.
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