Archaeological sites in Kenya

alkaline lake on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya

thumb|View of the seaside, Lamu Town|181x181px Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya. Situated by road northeast of Mombasa that ends at Mokowe Jetty, from where the sea channel has to be crossed to reach Lamu Island, it is the headquarter of Lamu County and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

National Monument of Kenya

island in Kenya

archaeological site in Kenya

island of the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya

Kenyan archeological site

Lomekwi is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Lake Turkana in Kenya. It is an important milestone in the history of human archaeology. An archaeological team from Stony Brook University in the United States discovered traces of Lomekwi by chance in July 2011, and made substantial progress with four years of in-depth excavations.

The Takwa settlement is situated on the south side of Manda Island, in the Lamu District in the coastal province of Kenya. They are the ruins of a town which was abandoned around the 18th century.

site on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya

Archaeological site in Kenya

Olorgesailie is a geological formation in East Africa, on the floor of the Eastern Rift Valley in southern Kenya, southwest of Nairobi along the road to Lake Magadi. It contains a group of Lower Paleolithic archaeological sites. Olorgesailie is noted for the large number of Acheulean hand axes discovered there that are associated with animal butchering. According to the National Museums of Kenya, the finds are internationally significant for archaeology, palaeontology, and geology.

human settlement

national monument of Kenya

geographical object

archaeological cite in Kenya

large endorheic basin mainly in Kenya and Ethiopia