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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Roknia necropolisCountry: Algeria
NOTE: This site is 32.136 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Guelma Nearest Village: Hammam-Meskhoutine
Latitude: 36.514170N Longitude: 7.214160E
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| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Area with an astonishing number of tombs, about 3000, situated on a plateau between Djebel Thaya (1200 m) and Djebel Debar (1030 m). It contains dolmens and a lot of rock cut out tombs dating back to Late Neolithic/Bronze Age.
This ensemble is arranged over a length of approximately 2 km on the edge of a cliff.
The megaliths of Roknia consist mainly of dolmens, forming a prehistoric necropolis.
During Bourguignat's excavations in 1868, bones, pottery and jewelry were found there, in a form reminiscent of the megalithic culture of Atlantic Europe.
He examined and described 28 dolmens in which the remains of 48 individuals and 45 different types of pottery were found.
Jules René Bourguignat (1829 -1892) was a French malacologist, a scientist who studied mollusks.
Source: J.R.Bourguignat, Histoire des Monuments Mégalithiques de Roknia, Challamel Ainé, Paris, 1868
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