Lomekwi
Lomekwi is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Turkana Lake 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 four years after in-depth excavations.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Lomekwi
- Type: Intermittent stream
- Description: Kenyan archaeological site dated to 3.3 million years ago
- Categories: archaeological site and body of water
- Location: Turkana County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Lomekwi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لوميكوي”
- Catalan: “Lomekwi”
- Chinese: “洛梅克维”
- Chinese: “洛梅奎遺址”
- Chinese: “洛邁奎”
- Dutch: “Lomekwi”
- French: “Lomekwi 3”
- German: “Lomekwi”
- Greek: “Λομέκβι”
- Hebrew: “התרבות הלומקוויאנית”
- Italian: “Lomekwi 3”
- Japanese: “ロメクイ”
- Portuguese: “Lomekwi”
- Russian: “Ломекви”
- Spanish: “Lomekwi”
- Ukrainian: “Ломекві”
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