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[QUOTE]Originally posted by IamNomad: [QB] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Amud%2C_Somalia.jpg[/IMG] Wargaade Wall is an ancient stone construction in Wargaade, Somalia that enclosed a large settlement. Graves and unglazed sherds of pottery dating from antiquity have been found during excavations. The Wall's building material consists of rubble set in mud mortar. The high wall measures 230m x 210m. After the settlement was abandoned in the Islamic era, the population of Wargaade began using the wall as a source for building material, which contributed to its current eroded state. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Caynabo_ruins.jpg[/IMG] In ancient Somalia pyramidical structures known in Somali as taalo were a popular burial style with hundreds of these drystone monuments scattered around Somalia today. Houses were built of dressed stone similar to the ones in Ancient Egypt[1] and there are examples of courtyards and large stone walls such as the Wargaade Wall enclosing settlements. There were two patterns of monumental architecture in ancient Somalia, the platform monument style and the enclosed platform style. The platform monuments are rectangular structures low in height formed by a drystone wall with large phallic stones set upright at the corners, assumed to be grave stones. The largest platform monument observed measured 24m x 17m and was situated on the coastal plain east of Alula (Somali: Caluula). The enclosed platform style is smaller in size but more complex in construction with a retangular design surrounded by an enclosure wall.[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Somalia [/QB][/QUOTE]
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