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El-Omari was located in Lower Egypt, El-Omari has not been extensively excavated  that the sites were occupied from 4000 BC and continued to be inhabited until the Archaic Period.
El Omari
The pottery is made with the local clay. The stone tool repertoire consists of small flakes, axes, sickles and point.
The dead were buried in abandoned storage pits near houses. The body was placed on the left side with the head to the south and facing west. Many burials contained a small pot place in front of the body
Many of the dead were buried with a very simple ornament. This was done to show some sort of authority.
El Omari

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