Ethiopian Atlas
World Heritage · cultural · inscribed 2024

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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