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Excavation ongoing places in Kenya · Mysteria

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Excavation ongoing places in Kenya

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🇰🇪 Kenya

🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village

Lothagam

Neolithic to Pastoral Iron Age (3500 BCE–700 CE) · Nderit fisher/foragers → Early Pastoral Elmenteitan

Turkana megalithic cairn cemetery Lothagam — 3.5 ka pastoral monumental graves west of lake.

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🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder

Koobi Fora & Turkana Basin Hominid Sites

Pliocene–Pleistocene · Early hominids

Koobi Fora & Turkana Basin Hominid Sites in Marsabit County, Turkana, Kenya is a Pliocene–Pleistocene archaeological wonder attributed to Early hominids culture.