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🇹🇿 Tanzania · Buried city

Rhapta — Buried Emporium North (Rufiji, Tanzania)

Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Rhapta — Buried Emporium North (Rufiji, Tanzania) in Pwani, Rhapta, Rufiji Delta, Tanzania is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribu…