An atlas of Earth’s mysterious places — megaliths, pyramids, lost and sunken cities — with the evidence shown plainly: what is verified, what is contested, and what is still unknown.

Data CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photos per credit

Explore

Atlas map
All places
Categories
Countries
Contested & pseudo

Community

Theories & discussion
Lists
News & resources
Submit a resource

Mysteria

About the atlas
Data & verification
Licenses & credits
Create an account

Search Mysteria

Search places, or jump to a section

Places tagged “takedda” in Niger · Mysteria

The catalogue

Places tagged “takedda” in Niger

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

Filters

Clear all

Verification

Pick several

Verified2 Widely accepted0 Contested0 Hypothetical0 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

2 places

🇳🇪 Niger

#takedda

Clear all

✓Verified

🇳🇪 Niger · Ancient city

Azelik Takedda Copper Smelting Field (Takedda Azelik)

Medieval Trans-Saharan (10th–15th c. CE) · Tuareg / Songhai / Sanhaja

Copper-mining metropolis visited by Ibn Battuta (1353) with 200 mine shafts.

✓Verified

🇳🇪 Niger · Ancient city

Agadez & Takedda (Niger) – Air-Copper Oasis Twins

Late Medieval / Tuareg / Songhai · Tuareg (Kel Air) / Songhai tributary

Paired Saharan stations: Agadez (c.1400 Tuareg sultanate capital with 27 m mudbrick minaret) and medieval Takedda copper industrial estate (14th c, Ibn Battuta 1353: 'copper mine of Takadda') 150 km…