ArkeoExpo visual compositionA contextual cover representing the country’s heritage landscape; not a documentary record of one monument.
⌖ Archaeological Sites
Lake Turkana
4 million – 1 million BC
◉ UNESCO World Heritage (1997)
Lake Turkana is one of the most important paleontological sites in human history. Thousands of fossils have been discovered around this lake in the Rift Valley.
Lamu Old Town
12th c.–present
◉ UNESCO World Heritage
A long-lived Swahili port town where coral-stone architecture, urban form and Indian Ocean exchange meet.
Fort Jesus
1593–late 16th c.
◉ UNESCO World Heritage
A fortress built to control Mombasa harbour, connecting military architecture with Indian Ocean commerce and colonial rivalry.
Verified country dossier · 27 July 2026
ArkeoExpo · Kenya
Human origins and the Swahili coast
8World Heritage properties
The Kenya file now connects Lake Turkana, Lamu Old Town and Fort Jesus through chronology, settlement form, production, belief, exchange and conservation. The sites are not collapsed into one period or cultural system; each is read through its own material and historical context.
Chronology and archaeological context
Trade is not proven by one imported object. Production origin, route, port or market infrastructure, storage and consumption context form one evidence chain.
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Lake Turkana
Period
4 million – 1 million BC
Heritage / protection record
UNESCO World Heritage (1997)
Context in this file
Lake Turkana is one of the most important paleontological sites in human history. Thousands of fossils have been discovered around this lake in the Rift Valley.
Trade is not proven by one imported object. Production origin, route, port or market infrastructure, storage and consumption context form one evidence chain.
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