Damo, Somalia
Damo
Daamo | |
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Village/hamlet | |
  Damo .svg) Damo | |
| Coordinates: 11°50′06″N 51°14′06″E / 11.835°N 51.235°E | |
| Country | Somalia |
| Federal Member State | Puntland |
| Region | Bari |
| District | Alula District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Damo (Somali: Daamo) is a small coastal settlement in Alula District, Bari region,Puntland, northeastern Somalia, situated approximately 5 km west of Cape Guardafui and facing the Guardafui Channel.[1] In 1975–76 Neville Chittick carried out surveys and excavated at Damo, which he identified with the ancient Aromata.[2][3]Damo is one of at least four ancient towns along the Djibouti–Hafun coast confirmed to have existed 2,000 years ago or earlier.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Chittick, Neville (1975). An Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Horn: The British-Somali Expedition. p. 123.
- ^ Neville Chittick (1979), "Early Ports in the Horn of Africa", International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 8(4), 273–277. doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.1979.tb01131.x
- ^ Casson, Lionel (1989). The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary. Princeton University Press. p. 129. Retrieved 2026-05-09.
- ^ Hussein, Abdullahi Ali (2014). "Ancient Ports of Somalia" (PDF). Ancient Ports Antiques. p. 7.
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