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<< Text Pages >> Grotte des Pigeons - Cave or Rock Shelter in Morocco

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Monday, 14 May 2012  Page Views: 6818

Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte des Pigeons
Country: Morocco
NOTE: This site is 104.088 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Berkane  Nearest Village: Taforalt
Latitude: 34.814536N  Longitude: 2.404262W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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In this cave scientists found 180 palaeolitic skelletons and the earliest example (82.000 BCE) of art/jewellery: pierced seashells.

The cave belongs to the UNESCO world heritage.
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