Archaeologists discover oldest village from Neolithic period

SEE - SEP 2: Egyptian-French mission at the Tell el-Samara site in the Delta governorate of Daqahliya recently uncovered one of the oldest villages ever discovered in the Nile Delta that return to Neolithic period, Al- Ahram reported.

Frederic Geyau, head of the mission said:"Discoveries from the Neolithic period are virtually unknown in this area, so this finding is of the upmost importance."

The amount of data collected at Tell el-Samara since 2015 provide a unique opportunity to gain a better knowledge of the prehistoric societies living in Lower Egypt.

Ayman Ashmawi, the head of the ancient Egyptian antiquities sector announced that the mission has also discovered a dozen silos containing a sizable quantity of animal bones and botanical remains, which will allow for scientists to study the subsistence strategies of these populations.