Helwan

Sister cities

• Cairo
• Jerusalem
• Al Mokattam
• Maadi

History

Main Page: see Helwan retouch The Helwan and Isnian cultures of the late Epipalaeolithic (10000BC), and their Ouchata retouch methods for creating microlithic tools may have contributed to the development of the Harifian cultural assemblage of the Sinai, which may have introduced Proto-Semitic languages into the Middle East. File:Helwan points (Abu Salem points sub-type).jpg|Helwan points (Abu Salem points sub-type) File:Map of the Levantine sites with Helwan points.jpg|Map of the Levantine sites with Helwan points Initial inhabitation of Helwan began in 5300BC, with the emergence of the El Omari Culture in the Wadi Hof Region, introducing one of the first instances of permanent agricultural settlement in the Nile Delta. Its location safe from the Nile Floods made it one of the earliest settlements in not only Egypt, but Africa as a whole. Helwan then became contemporary with the Buto-Maadi Culture found in Maadi, just north of the town, at around 4000BC. Around 3300 to 2600 BC, there was a cemetery near Helwan serving the city of Memphis. Some of the earliest evidence of writing stem from the tombs found in Helwan. The Predynastic King Ni-Neith was buried in Helwan around 3230BCE. Helwan was incorporated into the Inebu-Hedj Nome of Ancient Egypt, making it part of the first ever country subdivision. The Predynastic queen Neithhotep, the earliest attested woman in history, was mentioned on a label in Helwan cemetry. The Sadd el Kafara Dam was built in Wadi Hof, Helwan in 2600BCE, making it the oldest major dam in History. The Cemetery was used the most during the Middle Kingdom. The district of El Masara in Helwan has been historically identified as Goshen, the land where Moses was born. If Moses had lived during the 15th century BCE, Helwan would be a…