Author: Natasha Frost / Source: Atlas Obscura
The Dzitsoni hills wiggle down the Kenyan coast, starting west of the country’s oldest city, Mombasa, and stretching some 50 miles north. They’re several miles from the shore, with a limestone foundation invisible beneath a thick crust of humid, tropical forest.
For 78,000 years, these hills have been home to generation after generation of people, living in a tangle of caves in the foothills.The entire cave network of Panga ya Saidi is a little over half a mile in length, Michael Petraglia, of the Max Planck Institute, told Haaretz. It is used to this day, though no one has lived inside for many centuries. Instead, these caves, with a main chamber around the size of a small church, are the site of burials and rituals. Petraglia was one of 28 researchers from around the world involved in a recent archaeological excavation and study of Panga ya Saidi, with results…
The post For 78,000 Years, People Have Called a Kenyan Forest Cave Home appeared first on FeedBox.