Al-Badari or El-Badari locality is one of the cities of Upper
Egypt
40km away from
Assiut
City . The importance of the city is attributed to the large number of archeological finds that date back to the
Predynastic
era such as fascinating red-polished pottery pots , terracotta and ivory anthropomorphic figures , slate palettes , stone vases and flint tools . Interestingly , there are numerous necropolises in El Badari including Guy Brunton and Gertrude Caton-Thompson and the remains of early Pre-Dynastic settlement at Hammamia .
