Ethiopian Atlas
World Heritage · cultural · inscribed 1980

Lower Valley of the Awash

Fossil beds along the Awash that yielded “Lucy” (Australopithecus afarensis) and one of the longest continuous records of human origins found anywhere.

Located inYangudi woreda · Mahi /Zone 6 zone · Afar
Categorycultural
Inscribed1980

Where it sits in Ethiopia

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