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In November 2018, archeologists in Algeria announced the discovery, on the site of Ain Boucherit near Sétif, of what seems to be stone tools (similar to Oldowans) and cut animal bones dated back to 2.4 million years old. This discovery turned Ain Boucherit into the oldest human site known today, and shook the theory of East Africa being the ...
Pages in category "Archaeological sites in Algeria" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Fragments found during archaeological surveys, circa 1856. The Cherchell Museum houses what are widely considered to be some of the best examples of Roman and Greek antiquities on the African continent. [1] Cherchell was called Caesarea of Mauretania during the Roman empire, and was the rich capital of Roman Mauretania Caesariensis.
Archaeological sites in Algeria (3 C, 113 P) Algerian archaeologists (3 C) D. Archaeological discoveries in Algeria (1 P) Pages in category "Archaeology of Algeria"
Algeria accepted the convention on 24 June 1974. [3] There are seven World Heritage Sites in Algeria, with a further six on the tentative list. [3] The first site in Algeria added to the list was Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad, in 1980. The most recent site added was Kasbah of Algiers, which was listed in 1992.
The museum opened in 1897. In 1911, it was described as having "the finest collection of the kind in Algeria". [2] The branch of the museum that houses the Islamic collection was inaugurated in 2003. A reading room exhibiting a numismatic collection opened in 2006. [1] In March 2019, during the 2019–20 Algerian protests, the museum was looted ...
Aïn Hanech is a paleolithic archaeological site in the Aurès region that has provided evidence of hominin presence in North Africa as early as 1.7 million years ago (mya). [1] Stone tools have been discovered in stratified archaeological layers at this site, dating to the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya–11,700 years ago).
The Iberomaurusian is a backed bladelet lithic industry found near the coasts of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It is also known from a single major site in Libya, the Haua Fteah, where the industry is known as the Eastern Oranian.