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<< Text Pages >> Rock Shelter near Khemisset - Cave or Rock Shelter in Morocco

Submitted by coldrum on Thursday, 08 July 2010  Page Views: 5906

Natural PlacesSite Name: Rock Shelter near Khemisset
Country: Morocco
NOTE: This site is 84.242 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Rabat  Nearest Village: Khemisset
Latitude: 33.810000N  Longitude: 6.06W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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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
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Cave or Rock Shelter in Morocco. Archaeologists in Morocco uncovered an ancient burial ground in a cave east of the capital Rabat, digging up human skeletons dating back 5000 years.

It is the first time that human skeletons dating from the end of the Neolithic period to the Bronze Age have been discovered in Morocco, Youssef Bokbot said, leading the team carrying out the digs.

Note: Archaeologists find 5000 year-old skeletons in Morocco
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Archaeologists find 5000 year-old skeletons in Morocco by Andy B on Thursday, 08 July 2010
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Ancient burial ground in cave of Beaker culture discovered in Morocco's city of Khemisset.

Archaeologists in Morocco uncovered an ancient burial ground in a cave east of the capital Rabat, digging up human skeletons dating back 5000 years, they said Friday.

It is the first time that human skeletons dating from the end of the Neolithic period to the Bronze Age have been discovered in Morocco, Youssef Bokbot said, leading the team carrying out the digs.

"Seven skeletons and four graves will allow us to identify very precisely the funeral rites of the Beaker culture, a first", Bokbot said of the discovery in a cave near Khemisset, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Rabat.

"The copper objects that we found confirmed humanity's evolution, the passage from stone to metal, a real transformation", the archaeologist added.

The digs, which began in 2006, were in a cave 18 kilometres (11 miles) from Khemisset.

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