Dabous Giraffes

The Dabous Giraffes are neolithic by unknown artists on the western side of the in north-central . The carvings are 6 metres in height and consist of two giraffes carved into the Dabous Rock with a great amount of detail.
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Photo: MRF-Freund, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include RTA.

Village
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is a village in northern , lying -roughly- halfway between and . Administratively, it falls under the , , . is situated 7 km northwest of Dabous Giraffes.

Dabous Giraffes

Latitude
18.03028° or 18° 1′ 49″ north
Longitude
7.58055° or 7° 34′ 50″ east
Open location code
7FC92HJJ+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8719896244
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q4120763
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Satellite Map

Discover Dabous Giraffes from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Dabous Giraffes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “زرافات دابوس”
  • Catalan: “Girafes de Dabous”
  • Croatian: “Žirafe iz Dabousa”
  • Danish: “Dabous-girafferne”
  • French: “girafes de Dabous”
  • French: “Girafes de Dabous”
  • German: “Dabous-Giraffen”
  • Japanese: “ダブー”
  • Japanese: “ダブーのキリン”
  • Portuguese: “Girafas de Dabous”
  • Slovenian: “dabouške žirafe”
  • Spanish: “Jirafas de Dabous”
  • “Dabous Giraffes”

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