Something of interest

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Often times I have heard people say that African archaeology is still largely in it's infancy due to a number of reasons but that isn't what this post is about. I recently came across an image that I haven't seen plastered a million times over on forums and blogs so I thought I'd share and hopefully someone can give me some details but with this I think there should be a little more digging going on, on the continent especially in the Greater Portion of Africa (sub-saharan Africa) because I think North Africa and East Africa specifically along the coast and the Horn get a bit to much shine while those whom are more closely related to us just get randomly tossed into an argument with some random jackass online to prove a point.

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[anansi]

What is that,where is it,and why was it built, an old pic for sure where did you chance upon it.
Another thing about much of ancient African architecture is the materials being used,eg the richest man ever,Mansa Musa's palace is completely gone, yet it was described as magnificent and multi storied.
Interesting find.

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Nov 21, 2017 6:31:44 GMT -5 anansi said:

What is that,where is it,and why was it built, an old pic for sure where did you chance upon it.
Another thing about much of ancient African architecture is the materials being used,eg the richest man ever,Mansa Musa's palace is completely gone, yet it was described as magnificent and multi storied.
Interesting find.

Well the thing about history is that it is created and destroyed everyday, think of the countless societies and cultures that have been swept away with the tides of time. The Tarikh-al-Fattash spoke of many towns but most have been destroyed as a result of war or abandoned for a number of reasons (especially during the era of European Imperialism) but concerning building material we know for the most part most tribes used non durable material although some used stone so alot of architecture didn't survive. Although that isn't to say that they weren't cable of building things that easily puts the whole mud hut meme on it's head (even though I think there are some of interesting design) for example the Soudanic mosques although yes there's the obvious Islamic influence but they're unlike anything I've ever seen.