🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Kaya Jibana — Kilifi Badlands
Mijikenda (16th c. CE) · Mijikenda (Jibana)
Kaya Jibana — Kilifi Badlands in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Mijikenda (16th c. CE) ancient-village attributed to Mijikenda (Jibana).
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49 places in the atlas, 4 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Mijikenda (16th c. CE) · Mijikenda (Jibana)
Kaya Jibana — Kilifi Badlands in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Mijikenda (16th c. CE) ancient-village attributed to Mijikenda (Jibana).
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Late Iron Age · Bantu / Luo (Kabwa)
Largest of 138 Lake Victoria dry-stone enclosures (15th–19th c), UNESCO 2018. Concentric walls 1–4.2 m high ×51–152 m diam with internal compounds, shafts, and livestock pens.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Swahili (13th–16th c. CE) · Swahili (Ozi secondary)
Ishakani Ruins — Tana Mouth in Tana River County, Kenya is a Swahili (13th–16th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (Ozi secondary). Tana mouth Swahili creek town near Ozi gorge.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Swahili earliest (8th–14th c CE) · Swahili (proto-Swahili)
Shanga — Pate Island Early Swahili Town in Lamu County, Kenya is a Swahili earliest (8th–14th c CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (proto-Swahili). Earliest Swahili town 15 ha with 8th c.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Swahili (14th–17th c. CE) · Swahili (Witu)
Shaka — Formosa Bay Swahili Ruins in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Swahili (14th–17th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (Witu).
