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Jebel Sahaba
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- Lat/Long:
- 21.98, 31.33
- Country:
- Sudan
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Jebel Sahaba (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلصَّحَابَة, romanized: Jabal Aṣ-Ṣaḥābah, lit. 'Mountain of the Companions'; also Site 117) is a prehistoric cemetery site in the Nile Valley (now submerged in Lake Nasser), near the northern border of Sudan with Egypt in Northeast Africa. It is associated with the Qadan culture. A 2021 article stated that it dated between 13,400 and 18,600 BP (i.e. 11,450 and 16,650 BC). It was discovered in 1964 by a team led by Fred Wendorf.
The site is often cited as the oldest known evidence of warfare or systemic intergroup violence. Some anthropologists argue that the deaths were linked to environmental pressures.