When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of World Heritage Sites in Nigeria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage...

    Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Sukur Cultural Landscape: Adamawa. Cultural (iii) (v) (vi) 1999 The Sukur Cultural Landscape, with the Palace of the Hidi (Chief) on a hill dominating the villages below, the terraced fields and their sacred symbols, and the extensive remains of a former flourishing iron industry, is a remarkably intact physical expression of a society and its ...

  3. List of World Heritage Sites in Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage...

    Djenné was placed on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger in 2016, due to deterioration, urbanization, and erosion of the site. [ 150 ] Old Town of Ghadamès †. Lib Ghadames, Libya 30°08′00″N9°30′00″E / 30.133333°N 9.5°E / 30.133333; 9.5 (Old Town of Ghadamès) Cultural: LibGha (v) 38 (94) 1986.

  4. Sungbo's Eredo - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungbo's_Eredo

    Sungbo's Eredo is a system of defensive walls and ditches that is located to the southwest of the Yoruba town of Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria (6.78700°N 3.87488°E). It was built in 800–1000 AD in honour of the Ijebu noblewoman Oloye Bilikisu Sungbo. [1][2] The location is on Nigeria's tentative list of potential UNESCO World ...

  5. Category:Archaeological sites in Nigeria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Archaeological...

    Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate; Pages for logged out editors learn more

  6. Nigerian National Museum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_National_Museum

    The Nigerian National Museum is a national museum of Nigeria, located in the city of Lagos. The museum has a notable collection of Nigerian art, including pieces of statuary, carvings also archaeological and ethnographic exhibits. [ 1 ] Of note is a terracotta human head known as the Jemaa Head (c. 900 to 200 BC), part of the Nok culture.

  7. Category:Monuments and memorials in Nigeria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Monuments_and...

    W. World War Cenotaph, Lokoja. Categories: Buildings and structures in Nigeria by type. Monuments and memorials in Africa by country. Monuments and memorials by country. Landmarks in Nigeria. Cultural heritage of Nigeria. Hidden categories:

  8. List of national parks of Nigeria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of...

    National Parks of Nigeria. The national parks of Nigeria are preserved, enhanced, protected and managed by the Nigeria National Park Service. [1] The Nigeria National Park Service is a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of the Environment, and is headed by a conservator general. [2] It works closely with the Nigerian Tourism Development ...

  9. National Commission for Museums and Monuments - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Commission_for...

    museum.ng. The National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), also referred to as National Museum of Nigeria was Founded in 1979 by the Federal Government of Nigeria with decree 77 of 1979 to be in charge of the collection, documentation, conservation and presentation of the National Cultural properties to the public for the purposes of ...