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  • Taforalt Cave

  • Taforalt Cave

    Taforalt Cave or Grotte des Pigeons is a cave located in the northern Oujda region of Morocco near the village of Taforalt. It contains significant prehistoric archaeological remains dating back 85,000 years and containing evidence associated with both the Epipaleolithic Iberomaurusian and the Middle Paleolithic Aterian industries.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Taforalt Cave.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Taforalt Cave
    by Anwar Meqor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 721 m

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    Taforalt Cave

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    1995

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    Location

    Morocco

    Oriental

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    Paleolithic Age

    Paleolithic

    Paleolithic

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