Pobé-Mengao, Arbinda et Markoye

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Les gravures rupestres du Sahel burkinabè : Pobé-Mengao, Arbinda et Markoye is part of the Tentative list of Burkina Faso in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List. It is a proposed extension of WHS.

The rock engravings of the Burkinabè Sahel comprise three groups of rock art sites. They are located in granite rock formations in Pobé-Mengao, Arbinda and Markoye . The drawings, which origins and date are unknown, were influenced by rock art of the Sahara and that of the Dogon.

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Full Name
Les gravures rupestres du Sahel burkinabè : Pobé-Mengao, Arbinda et Markoye
Country
Burkina Faso
Added
2011
Extension of
WHS
Type
Cultural
Categories
Archaeological site - Rock Art
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2011 Revision

Includes former TWHS Les gravures rupestres de Pobe-Mengao (1996)

2011 Added to Tentative List

The site has 5 locations

Les gravures rupestres du Sahel burkinabè : Pobé-Mengao, Arbinda et Markoye: Pobé-Mengao (T)
Les gravures rupestres du Sahel burkinabè : Pobé-Mengao, Arbinda et Markoye: Aribinda (T)
Les gravures rupestres du Sahel burkinabè : Pobé-Mengao, Arbinda et Markoye: Markoye (T)
Les gravures rupestres du Sahel burkinabè : Pobé-Mengao, Arbinda et Markoye: Sorbaia (Nord) (T)
Les gravures rupestres du Sahel burkinabè : Pobé-Mengao, Arbinda et Markoye: Tondo Banda (Sud) (T)

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