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The archeological site of Bura in Niger

  • Téra, Niger
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The archeological site of Bura is located in the Tillabéry Region, of the Tera Department, in southwest Niger.The Bura site consists of many individual necropoleis with coffins crested by unusually-distinctive terra cotta statuettes. The main necropolis itself has a diameter of about one kilometer. Burial mounds, religious altars, and ancient dwellings occur here over a large area. In 1983 a site 25 meters by 20 meters was excavated.This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on May 26, 2006 in the Cultural category.

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