Pobé Mengao
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The Rock Engravings of Pobe-Mengao are located in the Pobe-Mengao Department
of Burkina Faso
. Alongside the unique rock art
, there exists man-made mounds as well as necropoles, millstones, and other archaeological artifacts such as metal tools.
World Heritage Tentative List on April 9, 1996 in the Cultural category.
Pobe-Mengao Department
Pobe-Mengao is a department or commune of Soum Province in north-western Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Pobe-Mengao....
of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
. Alongside the unique rock art
Rock art
Rock art is a term used in archaeology for any human-made markings made on natural stone. They can be divided into:*Petroglyphs - carvings into stone surfaces*Pictographs - rock and cave paintings...
, there exists man-made mounds as well as necropoles, millstones, and other archaeological artifacts such as metal tools.
World Heritage Status
This site was added to the UNESCOUNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
World Heritage Tentative List on April 9, 1996 in the Cultural category.