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19 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
The Kingdom of Mapungubwe (pronounced mah-POON-goob-weh) was an ancient state located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers in present day South Africa, south of Great Zimbabwe.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Diepkloof Rock Shelter is a rock shelter in Western Cape, South Africa in which has been found some of the earliest evidence of the human use of symbols, in the form of patterns engraved upon ostrich…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Heritage Western Cape (HWC) is a provincial heritage resources authority established by the Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport of the government of the Western Cape province in South Africa.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Kromdraai (Afrikaans for "crooked turn") is a fossil-bearing breccia-filled cave located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the well-known South African hominid-bearing site of Sterkfontein and…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
small promontory south of Mossel Bay, South Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Golden Acre is a shopping mall on the corner of Adderley and Strand Streets in the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Groote Schuur (pronounced [ˈɣroːtə ˈsxyːr]; Dutch for 'big shed') is an estate in Cape Town, South Africa.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Makapansgat () (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
The Klasies River Caves are a series of caves located east of the Klasies River Mouth on the Tsitsikamma coast in the Humansdorp district of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Melville Koppies is a nature reserve and a Johannesburg City Heritage Site in Johannesburg, South Africa. The word 'koppie' means small hill. Iron Age artifacts can still be found at the site.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Border Cave is an archaeological site located in the western Lebombo Mountains in Kwazulu-Natal.
