Archaeological Sites in Mauritania
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 panels depict…
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 rock-sheltered ponds…
Dhar Tichitt
Dhar Tichitt is a Neolithic archaeological site along sandstone cliffs in Mauritania's southwestern Sahara.[1] Part of the Tichitt culture alongside Dhar Walata, Dhar Néma, and Dhar Tagant, it may…
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 group influenced by…
Richat Structure
The Richat Structure, known as the Eye of Africa, is a deeply eroded geological dome approximately 40-50 km in diameter on the Adrar Plateau in Mauritania near Ouadane. Formed by a subsurface igneous…
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 in West Africa.…