Taforalt Cave

Taforalt, or Grotte des Pigeons, is a cave in the province of Berkane, Aït Iznasen region, Morocco, possibly the oldest cemetery in North Africa. It contained at least 34 Iberomaurusian adolescent and adult human skeletons, as well as younger ones, from the Upper Palaeolithic between 15,100 and 14,000 calendar years ago. There is archaeological evidence for Iberomaurusian occupation at the site between 23,200 and 12,600 calendar years ago, as well as evidence for Aterian occupation as old as 85,000 years.

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Taforalt; Taforalt Caves
cave, archaeological site, Q1028, 

• Tentative World Heritage Site page^@
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Location: 34.8106, -2.4083, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Ghar Abdlil ⓘ
  

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  Ghar Jmel ⓘ
  

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  Ghar Lahmam ⓘ
  

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  Ghar Lamzouri ⓘ
  

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  Ghar Lebguer ⓘ
  

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  Ghar Marouane ⓘ
  

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  Ghar Mesker ⓘ
  

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  Ghar Tiferrayine ⓘ
  

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  Grotte de Bourzeg ⓘ
  

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  Grotte de Sefrou ⓘ
  

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  Grotte du Chameau ⓘ
  cave in Morocco

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  Grotte Ghar Eddebae ⓘ
  

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  Grotte Ghar Lghoula ⓘ
  

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  Ifri Bouzaryour ⓘ
  

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  Ifri Lghoula ⓘ
  

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  Ifri Ouamane ⓘ
  

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  Taforalt Cave ⓘ
  cave and archaeological site in Morocco

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  Unknown ⓘ
  cave in Morocco

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  Unknown ⓘ
  cave in Morocco

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  Unknown ⓘ
  cave in Morocco

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  Zri Ifrane ⓘ
  

Frameless

The natural beauty

تافوغالت الجميلة

تافوغالت

مغارة تافوغالت

تافوغالت من فوق

مغارة تافوغالت من الداخل

Taforalt

View from Taforalt cave extended

View from Taforalt Cave

Taforalt landscape

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Tentative World Heritage Site page@		Wikidata
site	cave		Ghar Abdlil	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ghar Jmel	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ghar Lahmam	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ghar Lamzouri	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ghar Lebguer	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ghar Marouane	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ghar Mesker	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ghar Tiferrayine	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotte de Bourzeg	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotte de Sefrou	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotte du Chameau	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotte Ghar Eddebae	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotte Ghar Lghoula	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ifri Bouzaryour	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ifri Lghoula	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ifri Ouamane	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Taforalt Cave	archaeological site, cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Unknown	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Unknown	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Unknown	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Zri Ifrane	cave	Wikidata
commons	image		The natural beauty		Commons
commons	image		تافوغالت الجميلة		Commons
commons	image		تافوغالت		Commons
commons	image		مغارة تافوغالت		Commons
commons	image		تافوغالت من فوق		Commons
commons	image		مغارة تافوغالت من الداخل		Commons
commons	image		Taforalt		Commons
commons	image		View from Taforalt cave extended		Commons
commons	image		View from Taforalt Cave		Commons
commons	image		Taforalt landscape		Commons