Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites
Stratified open-air sites on the upper Awash recording nearly two million years of stone-tool manufacture, with the obsidian quarries of Balchit nearby.
Located inSebeta Hawas woreda · South West Shewa zone · Oromia
Categorycultural
Inscribed2024
Where it sits in Ethiopia
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