The Nakhla meteorite fell to Earth on June 28, 1911, at approximately 09:00, in the Abu Hommos district, Alexandria Governorate, Khedivate of Egypt (now Abu Hummus, Beheira Governorate), in the area of the village of El Nakhla El Bahariya. The stones were collected near hamlets of Ezbet Abdalla Zeid, Ezbet Abdel Malek, Ezbet el Askar, and Ezbet Saber Mahdi. Many people witnessed the meteorite approaching from the north-west, inclination about °, along with the track marked with a column of white smoke. Several explosions were heard before it fell to Earth in an area of in diameter, and about forty pieces were recovered; the fragments were buried in the ground up to a meter deep.