Must See Kenya - Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site

Just outside Nakuru, this site first went under the archeological microscope in 1937 when Louis Leakey started poking about for signs of ancient life. The digs, which continued right up to the 1980s, indicate three settlements were made here - the earliest possibly 3000 years ago and the most recent about 200 to 300 years ago.

The large collection of items found in the burial pits on and around the hill include a real puzzle - six Indian coins, one of them 500 years old, two of them dating from 1918 and 1919!

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