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Nabta Playa: A mysterious stone circle that may be the world's oldest astronomical observatory

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Nabta Playa is 2,000 years older than Stonehenge and may be the oldest known astronomical observatory.

The circle's six inner stones may have been used in rituals or to mark important alignments.

Excavations of the central tomb in 2001 uncovered no human remains but revealed the skeleton of a cow.