Sudan: Mysterious holes drilled in rocks are remains of ancient shelters on the banks of the Nile River
Archaeologists working at the site of Sphinx have proposed a new interpretations for the holes.
By Léa Surugue
June 12, 2017 12:13 BST
Mysterious man-made holes in rocks located on the west bank of the River Nile could be the remains of an ancient extinct type of architecture created thousands of years ago, archaeologists have said.
Working at the site of Sphinx, in central Sudan, researchers have associated these strange features with wooden pole-built structures which probably served as shelters for the people living there sometime during the Mesolithic era (between 9000 and 5000 BCE), or later.
Unusual man-made features in the rocks of North Africa are often reported during rock art surveys, but archaeologists have so far devoted little attention to them.
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