Editing Tumulus (section)

====Horn of Africa====
[[Salweyn]] in Northern Somalia contains a very large field of [[cairn]]s, which stretches for a distance of around 8&nbsp;km.<ref name="Tpficss">{{cite book|author=Somali Studies International Association|editor1=Charles L. Geshekter|editor2=Hussein M. Adam|editor2-link=Hussein Mohamed Adam|title=The Proceedings of the First International Congress of Somali Studies|date=1992|publisher=Scholars Press|isbn=0-89130-658-7|pages=39–40|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mM8tAQAAIAAJ|access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref> An excavation of one of these tumuli by Georges Révoil in 1881 uncovered a tomb, beside which were artefacts pointing to an ancient, advanced civilization. The interred objects included pottery shards from [[Samos]], some well-crafted [[Vitreous enamel|enamels]], and a mask of [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] design.<ref name="Tprgsol">{{cite book|title=Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London|date=1881|publisher=Royal Geographical Society of London|page=571|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lL40AQAAIAAJ|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>