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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tiya StelaeCountry: Ethiopia
NOTE: This site is 65.202 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Addis Ababa
Latitude: 8.434920N Longitude: 38.612110E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-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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