Handoga

Handoga
Map showing location of Handoga in Djibouti
Shown within Djibouti
Location Dikhil Region, Djibouti
Coordinates 11°05′27″N 42°14′56″E / 11.09083°N 42.24889°E / 11.09083; 42.24889Coordinates: 11°05′27″N 42°14′56″E / 11.09083°N 42.24889°E / 11.09083; 42.24889
Height 402 metres (1,319 ft)
History
Founded c. 3000 BC
Site notes
Excavation dates 1970

Handoga is located 14 km to the west of Dikhil, Djibouti. During the first excavations in 1970, archaeologists discovered funds stone houses, the walls of a rectangular edifice with orientate recess to Mecca.

History

They have also updated shards of ceramics, chipped stone tools and a glass bead. The engravings oldest discovered to date are from the fourth or third millennium BC In the pre-Islamic period, the most famous is the site of Handoga there where the ruins of a village squares subcircular dry stone delivered different objects. An old settlement, Handoga is the site of numerous ancient ruins and buildings, many of obscure origins. Including ceramic shards matching vases used brazier, or containers that can hold water, several choppers and microliths, blades, drills, trenchers basalt, rhyolite or obsidian. A team of archaeologists discover an elephant date of 1.6 million years near the area. Also a pearl orange coralline, three glass paste, etc.. No trace of metal object.


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