Angola: Workers building a dam uncovered stone structures in Angola; archaeologists cleared landmines and raced to excavate 15th-century burials before the site vanished
Tumuli illustration and photographs. Credit: D’Olivera et al. A hydroelectric dam under construction in Angola has led archaeologists to one of the country’s most important historical discoveries. Before the area disappears beneath the dam’s reservoir, researchers uncovered Angola’s oldest radiocarbon-dated burials. These burials are the earliest known stone structures in central Angola and the country’s…
