the Ishango bone the exhibition
introduction deciphering the bone Ishango map the discoverer

Ishango situated in Africa

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Ishango map

The bone owes its name to the site where it was discovered.

Ishango is in Congo, only 15 km far from of the Equator, on bank of the Edward lake. This large Africa lake, one of the sources of the Nile, is 77 km long and 42 km broad.

The area is close to the Virunga National park and the border Congo - Uganda.

In the surroundings, the eternal snow of Ruwenzori culminates to 5.109 m.