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*[image: Eritrean Historical Attraction]Eritrean Travel & Tourism: (Tsegay
Mdin) Culture oriented research is a cornerstone in the nation building
process as an engine to economic, social and political development in any
nation. The National Museum of Eritrea was conducting researches nationwide
for almost two decades in collaboration with different foreign
counterparts. As a result, considerable findings that show evidences of
ancient traces of human settlements. These findings have international
significance; ancient civilizations which predate the civilizations in our
region; evidences of first Christian and Islamic intrusions…. etc, were
documented throughout the country covering a wide range of time in history.*
*The nation of Eritrea is exceptionally endowed with archeological remains
spanning all temporal segments in the human development. One of its
prehistoric sites at Buia includes a one million year old paleontological
site believed to be the early hominids and large-sized prehistoric mammals.*
*The fossil findings belonging to this period of our evolutionary history
make the Buia and Muluhuli-Amo findings extremely significant. It is worth
noting that the area studied so far is a small part of the Danakil
depression and there are extensive areas with the potential to put Eritrea
palaeontologically in its rightful place.*
*Rock paintings and engravings of Eritrea that belong to the prehistory and
proto-historic periods represents most remarkable aspects of Eritrean
archeology.*
*Historical remains of Eritrean archeological sites embrace vestiges of
classical and ancient civilizations. The ancient port of Adulis and the
ancient city of Qohaito, are for example, contemporary to the Greco-Roman
period.*
*They are among the biggest sites in Sub-Sahara Africa. According to some
ancient historians they were thought to be major destinations of trade
between Adulis and Axum. At this time Qohaito and Adulis await confirmation
as UNESCO World Sites.*
*[image: eritrean - erdie degayat gurjatkul]Medieval sites are also part of
the major Eritrean cultural resources. Many Churches, monasteries, and
other vestiges associated with the establishment of Christianity in the 4th
century and the development of Islam by the 7th century are spread across
the country.*
*Among the most recent cultural resources of Eritrea, are the unprecedented
trenches and underground constructions of Nakfa which are unfortunately
under significant stress. As the center of liberation activities, Nakfa
symbolizes the triumph of Eritrean perseverance over adversity and
oppression and as such is symbolic of a culture of independence,
self-reliance to oppression that is central to the cultural fabric of
Eritrea today. In this sense Nakfa is a cornerstone of national history as
it has figured so deeply in the formation of a national cultural identity.*
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