Merimde Beni Salama is a Neolithic settlement in Egypt, in the West delta of the Nile, 45 km northwest of Cairo.
The site represents the earliest evidence for a fully sedentary settlement in the Nile valley.
All these correlate with many other dated lithic assemblages in the broader region, such as in Upper Egypt, Nubia, and Libya, as well as in the Nile Delta.
[7] During Phase III, the first human depictions known from Egypt were found, such as a figurine with visible hair, eyes and breasts.
[8] Northeast of Merimde Beni Salama, in the western Delta, a Neolithic settlement at Sais had been identified in 1999.
[5] The adoption of a settled hunting and agricultural lifestyle in the Delta area may be connected to gradual changes in climatic conditions from 4600 BC onwards.