{{Infobox historic site |name = Bir Sahara |native_name = |alternate_name = |image = |alt = |caption = |map_type = Egypt#Nile |map_alt = |map_relief=yes |location = [[Egypt]] |region = New Valley Governorate |coordinates = {{Coord|22.9247|N|28.75975|E|display=inline}} |type = |part_of = |length = |width = |area = |height = |builder = |material = |built = |abandoned = |epochs = |cultures = |dependency_of = |occupants = |event = |excavations = |archaeologists = |condition = |ownership = |management = |public_access = |website = |notes = }} '''Bir Sahara''' s an oasis and an archaeological site in southwestern [[Egypt]]. It has been identified as a site of the [[A-Group culture]], traditional ascribed to the upper Nile valley.<ref name="MCG">{{cite journal |last1=Gatto |first1=Maria C. |title=Two Predynastic pottery caches at Bir Sahara (Egyptian Western Desert) |journal=Sahara 13 |date=2001 |url=https://www.academia.edu/401366/Two_Predynastic_pottery_caches_at_Bir_Sahara_Egyptian_Western_Desert_}}</ref> Various artifacts have been found, such as "Clayton rings", "Clayton disks" and pottery import of Predynastic or Early Dynastic Egyptian manufacture.<ref name="MCG"/>
<gallery widths="200" heights="175"> File:Clayton ring. Bir Sahara BS-21, Early Dynastic period, circa 2900 BCE. British Museum.jpg|"Clayton ring". Bir Sahara BS-21, Early Dynastic period, A-Group culture, circa 2900 BCE. British Museum EA 76814.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bir Sahara bowl |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA76814 |website=The British Museum |language=en}}</ref><ref name="MCG"/> File:Clayton disks. Bir Sahara BS-21, Early Dynastic period, circa 2900 BCE. British Museum.jpg|Clayton disks. Bir Sahara BS-21, Early Dynastic period, circa 2900 BCE. British Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bir Sahara disc |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA76814 |website=The British Museum |language=en}}</ref> File:Spouted bowl, made in Egypt for desert nomads. Bir Sahara BS-21, Early Dynastic period, circa 2900 BCE. British Museum.jpg|[[Naqada culture]] spouted bowl, made in Egypt for desert nomads. Bir Sahara BS-21, Early Dynastic period, circa 2900 BCE. British Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bowl |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA76811}}</ref> </gallery>
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[[Category:Neolithic cultures of Africa]] [[Category:4th-millennium BC establishments]] [[Category:Archaeological cultures in Egypt]] [[Category:Archaeological cultures in Sudan]] [[Category:Archaeology of North Africa]]