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In Africa, there are 91 cultural, 50 natural, and 6 mixed sites. [1] Several efforts have been devoted to increasing the number of sites and preserving the heritage of existing sites on the continent; for example, on 5 May 2006, the African World Heritage Fund was launched by UNESCO to target the region of Sub-Saharan Africa. It planned to ...
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In 2014, ancient DNA analysis of a 2,330-year-old male forager's skeleton in southern Africa found that the specimen belonged to the L0d2c1c mtDNA haplogroup. This maternal clade is today most closely associated with the Ju, a subgroup of the indigenous San people , which points to population continuity in the region. [ 68 ]
The list also comprises a number of sites for which the state party is outside the continent, but the site itself is located in Africa; three such sites are located on the Canary Islands (belonging to Spain), and one on Madeira (belonging to Portugal
West Africa is as defined by the UN (Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde, and any other islands off the coast). Note that not all countries are listed in the archaeological sites list, because not all have categories.
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Africa ... Pages in category "Archaeological sites in Africa" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
An excavation at the Aççana Mound—the site of the ancient Anatolian city of Alalah, which served as the capital of the Mukis Kingdom and lives on in ruins that date as far back as 4,000 years ...
This is a list of sites and monuments of historic value that are maintained by the National Museums of Kenya. Historic sites Monument wmke-identifier Description Date in gazette as monument Original function Built County Location Address Comment Coordinates Image 1 Mnarani ruins 1929 Kilifi County Kilifi 3°37′52″S 39°51′01″E / 3.631123°S 39.850316°E / -3.631123; 39. ...