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Nsude Pyramids
The Nsude pyramid shrines are an archaeological site located in Nsude, a village in Southeastern Nigeria in modern-day Enugu (city), Enugu. These pyramid-shaped shrines were constructed by the Igbo people. In the 1930s an anthropologist and colonial administrator in the area, Gwilliam Iwan Jones, G.I. Jones, photographed them. Eyewitness accounts Archaeologist Kenneth Murray (archaeologist), Kenneth Murray published an article on these pyramids in "The Nigerian Field", the journal of the Nigerian Field Society. In it he discussed finding ten solid mud pyramids about 1.25 miles from Nsude but in open ground and not visible from Nsude. These were circular and estimated to be twenty-seven feet in diameter, 18-19 feet high and in two rows twenty yards apart and seventy yards long. In each row, they were about 12 feet apart. He talked to local people about them and was told that "tutelary or protective fetish or juju of the village of Nsude is called Uto and is said to possess th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, a population of more than 230 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising 36 States of Nigeria, states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest List of largest cities, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
