Equatorial Guinea plans three archaeological museums
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ahora EG
The Equatorial Guinean government plans to create museums in Malabo, Bata and La Ciudad de Paz to preserve archaeological discoveries from Corisco. The collections include ceramics dating from 50 BC to AD 1200, according to cultural officials meeting in Malabo.
Equatorial Guinea plans to create three archaeological museums to protect and display discoveries from excavations carried out on the island of Corisco, the government said on Friday 6 November after a meeting at the People’s Palace of Malabo. The Director General of Cultural Centres, Libraries and Image, Miguel Mba Obiang, confirmed that 12 boxes of archaeological material are being kept at the Equatoguinean Cultural Centre.
The items presented include iron tools, axes, spears, bracelets, necklaces and ceramics dating from periods ranging from 50 BC to AD 1200. The excavations, carried out with Spanish researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), led to the discovery of one of the oldest and most important necropolises in Central Africa.
Vice-President Nguema Obiang Mangue also ordered a nationwide tour to catalogue antiquities held by private individuals who may be willing to sell them to the state. Any acquisition will have to undergo an assessment of the objects’ authenticity, provenance and value.
