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Tour Name: Melka konture and Tiya
Tour code: NFT
Laying at 65 kilometers Distance from Addis Abeba through the Butajera road, Melka Kuntre Stone Age site (between 1.5 and 1.8 Million years old), contains many samples of Stone Age tools of the early Homosapiens. The collections are results of the excavations of the last four decades. The samples are well exhibited in show rooms and there is very good scientific explanation about Stone Age tools in general and the site in particular.
Tiya is one of the sites for megalithic stelae in the southern part of Ethiopia to be reached after 85 Killometres drive from the capital in the same road. There are about 30 intricately carved stelae in the site. It is probably an ancient burial ground. The stelae are not soaring monoliths as in Axum, but they contain depictions of swords and various enigmatic symbols not found in other regions.