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<< Text Pages >> al-Mahwit tombs - Rock Cut Tomb in Yemen

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Multi-periodSite Name: al-Mahwit tombs
Country: Yemen
NOTE: This site is 83.431 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Sana'a  Nearest Village: al-Mahwit
Latitude: 15.469440N  Longitude: 43.545280E
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:
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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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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
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What are described as two hundred Paleolithic tombs have been discovered in the western al-Mahwit region of Yemen, reports say. The tombs contain embalmed mummies and other funerary relics, according to the state-run Saba news agency.

They were carved into the rock and have one or more chambers depending on how many bodies they held, Mohammad Ahmad Qassim, head of antiquities for Al-Mahwit province, told Saba.

Among the objects found in the tombs were earthenware utensils and weapons.

The artefacts were very effectively preserved and were put in niches carved in the walls of the tombs.

Over 1,000 other Paleolithic artefacts were also found in the Bani Saad area, Mr Qassim added.

The findings point to the existence of a developed culture in the region at the time, Saba reports.

Source: BBC News

Note: 'Paleolithic tombs discovered' in Yemen
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