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Morocco’s Oued Beht Wall Pushes Back North Africa’s Defensive History
Key Takeaways
- Excavations identified a probable defensive construction dating to roughly 4,000 to 3,500 years ago.
- Researchers describe it as the earliest known large-scale defensive structure of its kind in North Africa beyond the Nile Valley.
- The site also preserves evidence of medieval rebuilding, settlement, and burial activity.
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