You never know what you are going to get...

The Washington Post published a fascinating article today on an archaeological dig in the Sahara Desert which has the remains of two different groups of people over a 5,000 year period. The article details how the site was found in 2000 when University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno was searching for dinosaur bones in Niger and came across this site. He returned three years later with researchers from several different countries to dig at the site.


The article is fascinating in that it is proof that you never know that you will find when you are digging.





Archaeologist Elena Garcea of the University of Cassino in Italy brushes sand from a skeleton at Gobero. Garcea, who has spent nearly three decades excavating Stone Ages sites in northern Africa, used pot sherds and other artifacts to help identify Kiffian and Tenerian cultures at Gobero. Photo © Mike Hettwer, courtesy Project Exploration.
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