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Museum of Setif : 884 archeological pieces Museum of Setif : 884 archeological pieces


Wednesday Aug 23 2006.

A group of archaeologists, under the direction of the Professor and Algerian searcher of the American university Burlington Indiana




Mohammed Sahnouni, reached important historical discoveries, which will help the researchers to arrive to results and in-depth studies around the historic site of Ain Lahnech in Setif. This site dates from prehistory, this discovery occurs after a series of research of fossils on this site which knew an activity of the primitive man.

The professor is in Setif since more than one month in company of a group of student of the institute of archaeology where he puts the last touches at his study and its discoveries in this site. He has animated in the museum of Setif a scientific conference in which he has presented the site and explained its historical and archaeological importance at the African and International level.

The researcher mentioned during the conference the various stages of research since 1992, before stopping during years, this research will restart in 1998. This research and work were published in several national and international magazines.

In the same context the museum has brought 884 large pieces of animals which go up with prehistory and which come from the last excavations. It should be known that the site is classified at the international level among the oldest prehistoric sites; it goes up, according to studies, to 1.8 million years. The site was discovered in 1947 by the Professor Kamil Ernborg within the framework of research which he carried out in the site of Blessed Fouda.

A. Kadour / A. Rabika

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