Melka Kunture
Ethiopia · Africa
About Melka Kunture
Melka Awash (Amharic: መልካ አዋሽና) is a town in Central Ethiopia. It is also known as Melka Kunture, the name of the world heritage listed archaeological site surrounding the town.
Melka Kunture travel guide
Getting there
By car Melka Awash is about 50 km south of Addis Ababa, along the highway to Tiya.
See
Melka Kunture The Melka Kunture Paleolithic site (መልካ ቁንጥሬ) is the main reason to visit Melka Awash. The Awash river valley has remains of hominid life, dating back to as far as two million years ago. Six excavation sites around town make up the Melka Kunture world heritage site:
1 Gombore Garaba. Also has a museum. (updated Jul 2024) 2 Simbiro. (updated Jul 2024) 3 Balchut. (updated Jul 2024) 4 Kella. (updated Jul 2024) 5 Wofi. (updated Jul 2024) 6 Atebella. (updated Jul 2024)
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.