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🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Late Iron Age to Modern (500–1800 CE) · Ejagham (Cross River)
Ikom Monoliths (Akwanshi, Ataal) are 300 basalt monoliths 0.3–1.8 m high carved 500–1800 CE by Ejagham peoples in Cross River forest, stylized janus faces, spiral navels and diadems around…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Iron Age to Early Modern (200–1800 CE) · Ekoi / Ejagham (Legbok)
Ikom Monoliths are >300 basalt volcanic monoliths 1–1.8 m tall arranged in 30 circles (each 6 m Ø with 12 phallic pillars) around Ikom and Alok, dated 1st–18th c CE, uniquely carved with facial…
