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Museum/Gallery Border Cave Museum

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Located in South Africa :: KZN Elephant Coast  :: Nsoko
Category: Attraction :: Museum/Gallery

Cave in Lebombo Mountains that was inhabited more than 100 000 years ago. An inscription found at the Border Cave Museum reads 'The first scientist to visit Border Cave was famous physical anthropologist, Prof Raymond Dart. When he visited the site in the 1930s little of interest was found. In the 1940s bat guano was removed from the cave to be used as fertiliser. This activity exposed human bones, again triggering scientific interest in the site. During the next forty years various prominent scientists visited and excavated the cave. Peter Beaumont from the McGregor museum in Kimberley was the last archaeologist to excavate here until the site was fenced and stabilised to prevent damage'.

Contact
Address :  KZN, South Africa
Postal :  Amafa Akwazulu Natali, P.O. Box 523, Ulundi, 3838, KZN, South Africa
Contact :  The Director of Amafa Akwazulu Natali
Contact 2 :  KZN Tourism
Tel :  +27(0)35 870 2050
Tel2 :  +27(0)35 870 2051
Cell :  +27(0)87 803 4636
Email :  Click Here
Host Website :  Click Here

Rates and Payment
Fee/s :  ZAR5 pp

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