| Page Views: 540 Last Visit to Wassu: February, 1996 | Ancient Stone Circles by grets - last update: Jan 26, 2005 |
All around this area you can find collections of these monuments - still one of Africa's greatest enigma. Around 40 stone circles such as these are found in The Gambia, Senegal and Guinea, and still experts do not agree on their origin.
It is belived that they were created by a civilisation maybe 1000 years ago, whose only remains are these circles. Very little is being done to discover the history behind these archaeological finds.
The smaller stones placed atop the monoliths are a much later addition, with touist guides encouraging visitors to place a pebble on the top to "make a wish". This has nothing to do with the original site. |
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grets' Wassu Travel Tips
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sachara Sun Nov 12, 2006 13:51 UTC
The Wassu stones are very unique. Maybe we visited the same village nearby.... | freya_heaven Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:19 UTC
Nice David made a new friend, lol! Lovely pics, especially the sunset q(~_~)p |
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