Miandi is a

proto-Somali Proto-Somalis were the ancient people and ancestors of Somalis who lived in present-day Somalia. Literature on proto-Somalis largely uses a time-frame pertaining to the 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD. History The Land of Punt, Puntites ...

small town in the southern

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province of

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Miandi is situated in the southernmost part of the country, at a radius of one to two miles from Ras Cuaodo. An ancient walled town, it is an important local archaeological site. Among the various old ruins is a finely-plastered

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. The square bases of four of the masjid's interior columns still stand. Additionally, the town contains a number of pillar tombs. According to Elliot, who examined the structures, the long shaft of one of the collapsed pillars was especially well-made.

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{{reflist Archaeological sites in Somalia Lower Juba Archaeological sites of Eastern Africa

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