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which had again and again been looted and destroyed by locals and tourists alike.
Up to now El Khalil Sidi Dah has recovered roughly 4,000 archaeological objects. These include arrowheads, flint tools, stone mortars and ceramic objects dating from the neolithic period (c. 6000 BC) up to the most recent past.
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His collection also comprises precious historic books and manuscripts – relics of the colonial past and records of the local tribal societies. All in all this unusual private museum, which owes its existence entirely to private initiative, documents 8,000 years of human history.
To create an awareness of this historic dimension among the local population
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