January
19
/ 2019
Rock art has greatly enhanced our knowledge of our prehistoric ancestors and the Abourma site, in the African state of Djibouti, is enhancing our understanding further. These carvings which are set in a spectacular landscape, are now helping the world appreciate the distant past of society in this region of Africa so much so that it has been declared a national monument by the government of Djibouti. The History of Djibouti and Asgoumhatian Culture Djibouti is located on the Horn of Africa, shares borders with Eritrea and Ethiopia, and has a coastline on the Red Sea. The country is mainly desert and is covered by extinct volcanoes and basalt flows. It has long been settled by Afar and Somali tribes
