Sites & cities that bear the name of Laas Geel

Laas Geel

Today in : Somalia
First trace of activity : ca. 9,000 B.C.E
Last trace of activity : ca. 30th century B.C.E
Recorded names : Laas Gaal

Description : Laas Geel (Somali: Laas Geel), also spelled Laas Gaal, are cave formations on the rural outskirts of Hargeisa, Somaliland (situated in the Woqooyi Galbeed region of the self-declared but internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland). They contain some of the earliest known cave paintings in the Horn of Africa. Laas Geel's rock art is estimated to date to somewhere between 9,000 and 3,000 years BC.

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