Saturday, July 18, 2009

Dogon and Tellum Cliff Dwellings

These are the 2300 year old cliff dwellings we explored on the hike through Southern Mali.  They were built by the Dogon people and some were built by the Tellum, pygmies that disappeared.

1 comment:

Heather said...

they are amazing! it is fascinating how parallel their structures are to the anasazi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Mesaverde_cliffpalace_20030914.752.jpg
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