Pyramids in Sanaag?

[NidarNidar]

Muse Galaal might be onto something there about the Sky-Camel.

Archeologists found a lunar calendar tablet next to camel rock engraving in Western Somalia(Galbeed). Who know's, they might find something similar if they dug around Northern Somalia
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Isnt that the tablet they found near Harar? The camel one, I wished I had more time to explore the country side.

 

[Idilinaa]

Isnt that the tablet they found near Harar? The camel one, I wished I had more time to explore the country side.

It was found 25/15km from Dire Dawa. In a Somali historically inhabited area.

Whats interesting is that they found water supply infrastructure and drainage that carried the water to irrigate the surounding hills and areas.

It fits the general regional theme of hydraulic engineering that was prevalent across the Somali landscape especially during the medieval period.

I think they might have also replicated this in Northern Somalia, as i remember reading that there is indications of terrace agriculture near some of the ruins

 

[Rayaale]

Hoteps think every hill is a pyramid

We wuz fircoon and shiet

 

[Dalac Bilaash]

This is reminding me of the (false) pyramid debate surrounding Naaso Hablood
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The hills are beautiful, I recommend seeing them irl

We need to call out archeologists i highly doubt these are Natural hills look at the top it has stripes

 

[NidarNidar]

We need to call out archeologists i highly doubt these are Natural hills look at the top it has stripes View attachment 361015

It looks like a step pyramid, especially due to its terraced, symmetrical layers near the top, which are often characteristic of man-made pyramidal structures, but it could also be natural usually caused by erosion.

 

[Coolpirate69]

No excavations have been done in the northern regions inhabited by somalis, waqooyi galbeed prolly has loads of artifacts and pottery from the ancient egyptian times. Funny thing is, everytime i watch a documentary about Ancient egypt and the land of punt, they go as close as yemen and eritrea but never mention somalis, Somalis i believe have the most biggest things under their soil waiting to be excavated,

 

[Midas]

It was found 25/15km from Dire Dawa. In a Somali historically inhabited area.

Whats interesting is that they found water supply infrastructure and drainage that carried the water to irrigate the surounding hills and areas.
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It fits the general regional theme of hydraulic engineering that was prevalent across the Somali landscape especially during the medieval period.

I think they might have also replicated this in Northern Somalia, as i remember reading that there is indications of terrace agriculture near some of the ruins
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Its intresting to think we practiced terraced agriculture since that seems to have been the dominant mode of agriculture in both Ethiopia and Yemen as well.

If somalia was significantly wetter 2 thosuand years ago than its likely our focus on coastal centers is off and that the real larger urban centers where inland. I mean those head sculptures and the gold anima figures are a testament to a very sopshictaed knowledge of metalworking and sculpture making. Those sculptures certainly must have been stored in some sort of relegious temple.

 

[Dalac Bilaash]

It looks like a step pyramid, especially due to its terraced, symmetrical layers near the top, which are often characteristic of man-made pyramidal structures, but it could also be natural usually caused by erosion.

How does erosion cut rocks like that it doesn't make any sense

 

[NidarNidar]

How does erosion cut rocks like that it doesn't make any sense

Keep in mind that layers of rock erode at different rates, due to variation in their hardness and resistance to weathering, if that is a hill it would be made up sandstone, limestone and shale, between rain and wind abrasion, constant temperature swings(hot days and cold nights and it's in a alleviated position) would intensify the erosion, usually by creating those sharpened angular lines.

 

[NidarNidar]

Pretty interesting find, locals assumed it to be a hill.

 

[Idilinaa]

Btw Pyramids are not structures exclusive to the Egyptian civilization. You find them all around the world. One thing i have pointed out before is that conspiracy theorists mistakenly believe there is connections when in reality, they are usually the only things remaining when all other structures disappear through natural erosion and corrosion over time because of how they built to be sturdy.

Its intresting to think we practiced terraced agriculture since that seems to have been the dominant mode of agriculture in both Ethiopia and Yemen as well.

If somalia was significantly wetter 2 thosuand years ago than its likely our focus on coastal centers is off and that the real larger urban centers where inland. I mean those head sculptures and the gold anima figures are a testament to a very sopshictaed knowledge of metalworking and sculpture making. Those sculptures certainly must have been stored in some sort of relegious temple.

Even 500 years ago the inlands were very fertile and productive.

The inland, which is almost contiguous to the continent, is very fertile, and produces plenty of corn, fruit, and cattle, great part of which is exported into other countries.

Even today the inland regions are better watered, greener and hold more grazing and agricultural land than the coast.

So imagine how it would have been 2000 years ago when it was less damaged by intense human activity .

Ive seen some excerpts shared from Ahmed Ibrahim Awale books, who is an expert environmentalist and said also that Northern Somalia used to be much wetter 1500 years ago with permanent rivers, not just seasonal ones like today.

 

[DubatDiaries]

It fits the general regional theme of hydraulic engineering that was prevalent across the Somali landscape especially during the medieval period.

Where else was it prevalent outside of the 'Ajuran' controlled areas?

 

[Idilinaa]

Where else was it prevalent outside of the 'Ajuran' controlled areas?

Large stone wells, Aquaduct and vaulted cisterns have been observed in Northern Somalia. Mention it here

Somali Agricultural Revolution( 900-1600s) ?

I have been looking at various historical trends and linkages and came across. The Arab Agricultural Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Agricultural_Revolution which took places through the entirety of the medieval period. Which made me think that Somalia might have been connected to...

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There are similar water transport near Bandar Khor or Biyotola , where they built a drainage cut out of large builders that ran between mounds into a river nine miles away at Tog Weyn.