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The Wassu stone circles on the Gambia 50 dalasi banknote Wassu is located in the Niani district of Gambia and is made up of 11 stone circles and their associated frontal stones. The tallest stone is found in this area, with a height of 2.59 meters.
The site consists of four large groups of stone circles that represent an extraordinary concentration of over 1,000 monuments in a band 100 km wide along some 350 km of the River Gambia. The four groups, Sine Ngayène, Wanar, Wassu and Kerbatch, cover 93 stone circles and numerous tumuli, burial mounds, some of which have been excavated to ...
According to UNESCO : "Together the stone circles of laterite pillars and their associated burial mounds present a vast sacred landscape created over more than 1,500 years. It reflects a prosperous, highly organized and lasting society." [13] See the Senegambian stone circles, Serer ancient history and Serer religion articles for more on this.
Pages in category "World Heritage Sites in the Gambia" ... Senegambian stone circles This page was last edited on 18 August 2020, at 10:57 (UTC). ...
Nine countries have only a single site each. Four sites are shared between two countries: Maloti-Drakensberg Park (Lesotho and South Africa), the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea), the Stone Circles of Senegambia (the Gambia and Senegal), and Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (Zambia and Zimbabwe).
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New research in Saudi Arabia unveils 345 stone circles, believed to be 7,000-year-old homes, shedding light on Neolithic settlements and early human lifestyles.