Melka Kunture Archaeological Site
Melka Kunture Archaeological Site
Melka Kunture is Situated at 50 kms southwest of Addis Ababa is an Archaeological site that lies on the bank of Awash River. Here, experts had excavated fossils, stone tools and related materials of the primitive man 1.5 million years old.
"Melka Kunture is a cluster of prehistoric sites in the upper Awash valley, 50 km south of Addis Ababa, at 2000m asl. It was discovered by Gerard Dekker in 1963, then surveyed by Gérard Bailloud in 1964. It was first systematically researched by a French mission directed by Jean Chavaillon (1965-1982 / 1993-1995); then, since 1999, by an Italian mission directed by Marcello Piperno and later by Margherita Mussi, both of them from University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Click Melka Kunture Sites on the Tentative List of Ethiopia
