Laas Geel

Laas Geel
Long-horned cattle and other rock art in the cave complex.
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Location	Hargeisa, Marodi Jeh, Somalia
Coordinates	9°46′51.28″N 44°26′37.11″E / 9.7809111°N 44.4436417°E / 9.7809111; 44.4436417
Discovery	2002
Access	Public

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Prehistory Laas Geel (3,500-2,500 BCE ) Land of Punt (2,500–1,500 BCE)
Ancient Macrobians Ancient Somali City-States (c. 1st century) Azania city-states (c. 1st century)
Middle Ages Sultanate of Ifat (940–1415) Adal Sultanate (1415–1577) Ajuran Sultanate (13th–17th c.) Sultanate of Mogadishu (13th–16th c.)
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Prehistory Caves in Somaliland Laas Gaal (10,000 BC) Dhambalin (5,000 BC) Dhaymoole (5,000~3,500 BC)
Ancient Land of Punt (2500~2000 BC) Macrobians (525 BC) Land of the Berbers Malao • Mosylon
Middle Ages Kingdom of Adal (9th-12th c.) Ifat Sultanate (12th-15th c.) Isaaq migrations (12th-20th c.) Adal Sultanate (15th-16th c.) Ethiopian–Adal war
Early modern Isaaq Sultanate (17th-19th c.) Habr Yunis Sultanate (18th-19th c.) Zeila • Berbera • Bulhar
Colonial period (1884–1960) British Somaliland (1884-1960) Dervish movement (1884-1920) Somaliland campaign (1901-1910) Somaliland campaign (1920) Burao Tax Revolt (1922) Italian invasion (1941) Sheikh Bashir Rebellion (1945)
Modern Somaliland (since 1960) State of Somaliland (1960) Somali Republic (1960-1969) 1961 revolt in Somalia Somali Democratic Republic (1969-1991) Somaliland War of Independence (1981-1991) Isaaq genocide (1982-1990) Peace process (1991) Declaration of Independence (1991) Somaliland (1991) Peace treaties of the Somaliland War of Independence (1991-1997) Constitutional referendum (2001)
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Laas Geel (Somali: Laas Geel), also spelled Laas Gaal, are cave formations on the rural outskirts of Hargeisa, Somalia, situated in the Maroodi Jeex region of the country. They contain some of the earliest known cave paintings of domesticated African aurochs (Bos primigenius africanus) in the Horn of Africa. Laas Geel's rock art is estimated to date to 5,000 to 11,000 years old