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Verified places tagged “sungbo” in Nigeria · Mysteria

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🇳🇬 Nigeria

🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork

Sungbo's Eredo (Ogun) – Yoruba's 160-km Earthwork Rampart

Late Iron Age / Yoruba (Ijebu) · Ijebu Yoruba (Oloye Bilikisu Sungbo tradition)

Largest single monument in Africa: 160 km curvilinear ditch-and-bank snaking 20 m deep through rainforest around medieval Ijebu kingdom (800–1000 CE, Darling charcoal).