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<< Text Pages >> Tiya Stelae - Standing Stones in Ethiopia

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tiya Stelae
Country: Ethiopia
NOTE: This site is 128.475 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Addis Ababa
Latitude: 8.434920N  Longitude: 38.612110E
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
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no data 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
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Standing Stones in Ethiopia

The Tiya site is among the most important of roughly 160 archaeological sites discovered in the Soddo region in Ethiopia. The site contains 36 monuments, including 32 carved stelae covered with symbols, most of which are difficult to decipher.
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