Archaeological Sites in Mauritania
City/town/settlement in Mauritania (3)
Dhar Tichitt
Dhar Tichitt is a Neolithic archaeological site along sandstone cliffs in Mauritania's southwestern Sahara. Part of the Tichitt culture alongside Dhar Walata, Dhar Néma, and Dhar…
Ksar el Barka
Ksar el Barka is the ruins of a caravan town on the western Tagant Plateau in Mauritania, approximately 50 km north of Moudjeria. Founded in 1690 by the Kunta, a Moorish tribal…
Tichit
Dhar Tichitt is a series of Neolithic archaeological sites along sandstone cliffs in the southwestern Sahara of Mauritania, representing the oldest known stone-built settlements…
Rock art in Mauritania (2)
Agrour Amogjar
A 690-meter peak near the Amogjar Pass in the Adrar plateau of central Mauritania, housing a series of six caves containing 24 Neolithic rock paintings over 5,000 years old. The…
Amazmaz
An isolated steep-sided elevation on the western Adrar plateau in Mauritania, approximately 400 km northeast of Nouakchott. At its base lie the gueltas of Amazmaz, a chain of…
Geological interest in Mauritania (1)
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