🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Kagara, Niger State
Kagara is a community in Niger State, Nigeria, the headquarters of the Rafi Local Government Area.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Kingdom of Benin
The Kingdom of Benin or Empire of Benin, also known as Great Benin, is a traditional kingdom in southern Nigeria.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Archaeology of Zilum
Zilum is a settlement of the Gajiganna culture located in the Chad Basin of northeastern Nigeria, 72 km north of Maiduguri in Borno State and is dated to ca 600-400 BCE.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Durbi Takusheyi
Durbi Takusheyi (or Durbi-ta-kusheyi, meaning "tombs of the chief priest") is a burial site and major archaeological landmark situated about 32 km east of Katsina in northern Nigeria.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Ikom monoliths
The Ikom monoliths are a series of volcanic-stone monoliths from the area of Ikom, Cross River State, Nigeria. The Ejagham may have engraved the monoliths around 200 CE.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Katsina-Ala
Katsina-Ala is a city and local government area (LGA) of Benue State, Nigeria where the A344 highway starts.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Lejja
Lejja is a community of 33 villages in Enugu State, southeastern Nigeria. Lejja is mainly inhabited by the Igbo people and is located on the edge of the Benue Plateau, which has rich laterite and…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Olumo Rock
Precambrian
Tourist attraction in Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Benin City Earthwork Emotan Sector Moat Iya
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Benin City Earthwork Emotan Sector Moat Iya in Edo, Benin City, Nigeria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex
Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) · Igbo-Ukwu
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex in Anambra, Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Igbo-Ukwu.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Rock art
Dutsen Kongba (Jos Plateau)
Nok to Berom (1500 BCE–present) · Nok / Proto-Berom
Jos Plateau rock-gong complex with 8 granite gongs and Nok scatter.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Rock art
Kagoro Rock Gongs
Iron Age to Kagoro Kingdom (500 BCE–present) · Nok / Kagoro (Southern Kaduna)
Quartzite gong field (6 slabs) with Kpop fort walls (2 km).
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Surame Outlier Hillforts
Kebbi Empire (15th–18th c.) · Kebbi / Zamfarawa
Chain of 4 hilltop outlier forts with 1.5 km walls each protecting Surame fields.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Rock art
Tura Rock Inscriptions
Iron Age to Historic (500 BCE–19th c.) · Nok-derived / Bauchi hunters
Granite cliff with 300 inscriptions and cattle engravings (hunters' oath site).
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Turunku
Iron Age Nok Culture (500 BCE–500 CE; iron from 550 BCE) · Nok Culture
Turunku in Kaduna's Nok Valley is a Nok Culture iron-smelting precinct and terracotta site, 500 BCE–500 CE, revealing sub-Saharan Africa's earliest iron (c.