But between 5000 B.C. and 3000 B.C., thousands of years after the stone circle was built at Nabta Playa, the region dried out again. Some researchers think this environmental stress could have forced ...

Nabta Playa in Egypt is an ancient stone circle that researchers suspect was used to determine the summer solstice, which signaled rain was on the way. News Today's news ...

Nabta Playa became a religious monument where people could gather and worship. Nabta Playa, 10 square miles of stones, was a religious monument where people could come together to worship.

Egypt breakthrough as ‘earliest monument’ of ancient society's famous goddess uncovered EGYPT archaeologists uncovered stone carvings dating back 7,000 years which some believe could be the ...

When it was made: More than 3,000 years ago Related: Nabta Playa: A mysterious stone circle that may be the world's oldest astronomical observatory What it tells us about the past: The Phaistos ...