Terra Amata (archaeological site)
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Terra Amata (Italian for "Beloved Land") is an archaeological site in open air located on the slopes of Mount Boron in Nice, at a level 26 meters (85 ft) above the current sea level of the Mediterranean. It was discovered and excavated in 1966 by Henry de Lumley. The site, originally on a prehistoric beach, contained tools of the Lower Paleolithic period, dated to about 400,000 BCE, as well as traces of some of the earliest domestication of fire in Europe. The site now lies beneath an apartment building and a museum of prehistoric Nice, where some of the objects discovered are on display.
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Impasse Victor Lavagna, Nice Carabacel
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N 43.697777777778 ° | E 7.2894444444444 ° |
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Musée Terra Amata
Impasse Victor Lavagna
06300 Nice, Carabacel
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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