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Badarians Ancient Egyptian CivilizationBy: Emele Maisey
The Badarian culture is the earliest known civilized Egyptian
civilization to have been
discovered so far and was one of the most remarkable during
Pre-Dynastic times
!amed after al-Badari in "syut this indigenous civilized culture
was #rst discovered in $%&'
by archaeologists Brunton and (aton-Thompson when they e)cavated
about *++ tombs
,t is thought the Badarians e)isted around .++ B( - +++ B(
although some say they
may have e)isted as early as ..++ B(
The Badarian culture comes from multiple sources giving them a
mi)ed race origin which is
mostly connected to "frica rather than Europe
They were the #rst farming community in upper Egypt/ growing
barley/ wheat and 0a) with
0ocks of sheep and goats The Badarians traveled seasonally/
moving with their livestock
and conducting their farming (haracteristic Badarian #nds have
been found farther to the
1outh as well as to the East meaning the culture was established
not 2ust in the Badari
region but in other parts of 3pper Egypt also
They were also the #rst people to mine copper in 3pper Egypt "s
well as this they
produced the common Blacktop-ware 4red ware5 pottery/ carved
ob2ects made from ivory
and woven linen fabrics They also traded/ ac6uiring/ amongst
other things/ tur6uoise and
wood
The group had a hierarchical structure which included semi or
fully permanent community
leaders/ the hierarchy system can be seen at the burial sites as
the more prosperous
members of the community were buried in a di7erent part of the
cemetery
Based on the #ndings of the remains it is thought the Badarians
were peaceful people -
There were no broken bones or in2uries/ no warlike weapons were
found and there were a
good number of older people among those buried
The dead were buried in the low desert/ away from the living
areas and agricultural land/
and were buried with their #nest possessions/ personal
possessions such as toilet items
and 2ewelry/ craft implements and clothing for their 2ourney
into the ne)t world "mulets
with animal heads of gazelle and hippopotamus8s were also found
in the graves
They were placed on mats and wrapped up in the fetal position/
buried in pits with their
heads laid to the south/ looking west This/ as well as burying
the deceased with their
possessions/ means that the Badarians believed in life after
death - The south representing
9the land of all beginnings9 and 9the land of the spirits9 where
as the west was always
thought to hold 9the hidden land9
"s well as burying there own/ the Badarian people also gave
their animals ceremonial
burials The remains of cows/ dogs/ even crows were found in the
cemeteries of this ancient
civilization/ discovered 2ust over :+ years ago
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