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	Gedi Ruins, Kenya - Near Watamu, Malindi and Mombasa
		Gedi was founded in the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century, reached its apogee in the middle of the fifteenth century, and was finally abandoned in the early seventeenth century.
		It is possible that Gedi was destroyed by the Mombasa punitive expedition, which was sent against Malindi after the destruction of Mombasa by Nuno da Cunha in April 1529, in which the people of Malindi had cooperated.
		If Gedi had been in ruins during the second and the third quarters of the fifteenth century, the period of the Portuguese headquarters at Malindi, it is unlikely to have been mentioned by them.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/mombasa/excursions/gediruins.asp (4171 words)

	Pilot Guides.com:The Mysterious ruins of Gedi
		Gedi was then mysteriously abandoned in the late 17th Century.
		One reason that this may have occurred is due to tribes from the north migrating down into the forest where Gedi lies and forcing the inhabitants out.
		Today Gedi is a glorious ruined town that has intermingled with the jungle.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/africa/kenya/gedi_ruins.php (259 words)

	Costal Kenya : Gedi Ruins
		Gedi is a fascinating place to visit, more so because the ruins are up to today shrouded in mystery; the actual reasons for its foundation, as well as its destruction, are not known.
		The ruins are clearly indicated, identified by their architectural style, such as the mosques, or the artefacts that were found in or near the structures; names like ‘The house of the Iron Lamp’, ‘The house of the Ivory Box’, ‘The house of the Scissors’, ‘The house of the Venetian Bead’ fuel the imagination.
		Gedi was surrounded by a wall, and it seems like the city was deserted, then later reoccupied, because there is a second wall built at a later date that encircles a smaller part of the town.
	www.dpjtravel.co.uk /articles/costal_kenya___gedi_ruins.htm (1049 words)

	Kenya - Gedi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Gedi ruins are at 16 km to the south of Malindi and at 6,5Km from the sea.
		Gedi is declared national park in 1948 and excavations are programmed under the direction of a British archaeologist, James Kirkman.
		The survey and the study of a city like Gedi is fundamental, so much for the African archeology that for the Islamic archeology, it is about understanding the process of islamisation on the East African coast and the formation of a coastal culture, the Swahili culture.
	www.diplomatie.gouv.fr /en/rubrique-imprim.php3?id_rubrique=2242 (450 words)

	Kenya safari guide - Kenyalogy: Parks and reserves: Arabuko Sokoke National Park: Surroundings
		Near the entrance to Gedi ruins lies the most important butterfly farm in Kenya, named Kipepeo which means "butterfly" in Swahili.
		Gedi's splendour peaked in the 15th century, when Portugal started conquering the coast, but incredibly enough the records of a 200-year seizure make no mention of this place, that remained overlooked by the European's influence.
		Gedi was gazetted as a National Park in 1948 and it was then that the excavation works were assigned to James Kirkman, who would assume the role until 1958.
	www.kenyalogy.com /eng/parques/arabuko6.html (1692 words)

	Ein Gedi: An Ancient Oasis Settlement
		Ein Gedi is an oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, some 400 m.
		Ein Gedi is mentioned in many historical sources and the abundant finds from archeological excavations which have been conducted since the 1960s make it possible to trace the long history of this unique place.
		In the Chalcolithic period (4th millennium BCE), a temple was erected at the Ein Gedi oasis which served as a cultic center for the nomadic tribes of the region.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Archaeology/eingedi.html (1226 words)

	Malindi, Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The ruins at Gedi also highlight the rich cultural history that characterizes the northern coastal region.
		Gedi was a thriving city state from the 13th to the early 17th centuries, although the exact history of the region is somewhat sketchy.
		Ruins include tombs, a mosque, numerous houses, and remains of a palace.
	kenya.com /malindi.html (656 words)

	Coast>Malindi and Watamu>Cultural Safari
		Gedi is one of Kenya's great unknown treasures, a wonderful lost city lying in the depths of the great Arabuko Sokoke forest.
		This once great civilization was a powerful and complex Swahili settlement with a population of over 2500, built during the 13th century.The ruins of Gedi include many houses, mansions, mosques and elaborate tombs and cemeteries.
		Wandering through Gedi is an ideal way to spend a morning or afternoon, lost among the secrets of the past.
	www.magicalkenya.com /default.nsf/doc21/536DYSAHAN11?opendocument&l=1&e2&s=1 (807 words)

	Wonders of the African World - Episodes - The Swahili Coast - Wonders
		Gedi is a coastal town founded in the 13
		Gedi was never mentioned by the Portuguese, who occupied nearby Malindi from 1512 to 1593, nor in any other written record from around the time it was inhabited.
		The ruins were declared a historic monument in 1927 and are currently open to the public.
	www.pbs.org /wonders/Episodes/Epi2/2_wondr1.htm (481 words)

	Ruins of the walled city of Gedi, Kenya. - Leisure, health and housing - Port Cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ruins of the walled city of Gedi, Kenya.
		The name Gedi (or Gede) is a Galla name and the true name of the town may be Kilimani.
		Gedi includes two sets of concentric walls, a palace, seven mosques and many houses and tombs.
	www.portcities.org.uk /london/server/show/conMediaFile.4163/Ruins-of-the-walled-city-of-Gedi-Kenya.html (116 words)

	Kenya's Forest Monkeys - Earthwatch Institute - United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Gedi Ruins, Watamu, Kenya—Sykes monkeys are common throughout Africa, and live in a range of habitats, including montane rainforests and lowland dry forests.
		As they find reliable food sources, they can become more aggressive in defending "their" food, which can lead to chronically elevated stress levels that are detrimental to their long-term health and well-being.
		Researchers Steffen Foerster and Geoffrey Wahungu are gathering data on the causes and consequences of various types of stress in Sykes monkeys at Gedi The results from their study will help to understand and mitigate stress levels in non-human primate populations that are under human encroachment, particularly those that are threatened or endangered.
	www.earthwatch.org /site/pp2.asp?c=dsJSK6PFJnH&b=1170737 (424 words)

	Ein Gedi
		Located on the Dead Sea's western shore, Ein Gedi ("Spring of the Goat") is a desert oasis with waterfalls, pools of water and two large streams.
		Further along are the ruins of a Chalcolithic sanctuary believed to be from the year 4,000 BCE.
		The oasis is known for its thriving date palms, which are the principal crop of nearby Kibbutz Ein Gedi.
	www.hillel.org /israel/travel/bri_hillel/about_israel/virtual_tour/ein_gedi.htm (336 words)

	History and the Essenes
		There is a ruin and caves just at this spot, where the scrolls were found, and although nowhere in the Dead Sea discoveries are the curators of the scrolls called Essenes, from the content of their manuals, there is no doubt who they are.
		The discovery of the ruins at Qumran are just the sort of city meant, but the Essenes who dwelt there actually lived in the surrounding caves or in a tented city.
		Nearby was a ruin which proved to be the monastic headquarters of the Judaean Essenes during the life of Jesus.
	www.thenazareneway.com /classical_authors_on_the_essenes.htm (7679 words)

	It really IS the land of Milk and Honey.
		The ruins were amazing - remote, largely uncleared - with pottery fragments everywhere, and in the middle of (and surrounding) farmers' tobacco and papaya.
		The site was beautifully maintained, with a nice museum, intact ruins, massive baobab trees, and remains of a large mosque overlooking a white sand beach (complete with benches, picnic hut, and showers.) We were the first visitors in six days.
		Gedi was eerie as we were the first ones there that morning, and it started to pour rain.
	www.math.toronto.edu /izwiers/africa.html (11727 words)

	mombasa
		On the North coast of Mombasa towards the town of Malindi lays one the most pre-historic ruins found in Mombasa, called the Gedi Ruins.
		Gedi was a small town built entirely from rocks and stones, which was inhabited by a few thousand Swahili people and ruled by a very rich Sultan.
		These ruins date back from the 15th century, and through careful preservation most of the original foundations can still be seen today.
	www.feathertrailtours.com /mombasa.html (905 words)

	Gedi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The ruins consist of a Swahili-Arab town and are one of the main historical monuments on the Kenyan coast.
		They cover a large area, but nobody knows exactly what town they were, as there is no mention of the town in any of the historical Arab or Portuguese chronicles of that time.
		The is though to have been founded in the 13th century, but in the 17th or early 18th century it was suddenly abandoned for unknown reasons.
	gheos.com /i/atlas/place.php?Gedi (78 words)

	Lights of Mombasa
		It used to be a mellow little fishing village and still retains much of that atmosphere in spite of the increasing number of tourists.
		The famous Gedi ruins which are only a few kilometers away.
		This Arab-Swahili town dates from the 13th century but abandoned in the 17th or 18th century, perhaps because the sea receded or because the people were forced to flee invading tribes.
	www.faremax.com /articles/africa/mombasa.aspx (811 words)

	Kenya: 10 secret places: Africa Travel Articles: African Safari Advice
		The stuff of Lost City fantasies, Gedi is overhung with an aura of mystery that is amplified when you realise its existence went unrecorded in any contemporary document.
		An added attraction of Gedi is the opportunity to glimpse the localised golden-rumped Elephant shrew bouncing daftly along the forest paths, while the adjacent Sokoke forest provides sanctuary to the rare Ader's duiker and endemic Clarke's weaver and Sokoke scops owl.
		For anglers, birders and misanthropists, the highly regarded and utterly exclusive Mfangano Island Camp on the eponymous island is the region's one upmarket retreat.
	kenya.safari.co.za /Kenya_Travel_Articles-travel/african-safari-advice-kenya-10-secret-places_p3.html (550 words)

	Kenya and Tanzania Safaris, Hotels and Shuttle Transfers,budget & luxury camps,Lodges,Beach Holidays,Gorilla treks,Bird ...
		This was one of the strings of Swahili city-states dotting the East African coast, to the end of the 14th century.
		This is one of the famous tourist attraction at the coast because of the extensive ruins of this Arab- Swahili town, built of coral lime and earth.
		Other main ruins found here are - the Great Mosque, the Palace, Houses and a host of butterfly species in the Butterfly Farm.
	www.saferidesafaris.com /safaris/mombasa.htm (776 words)

	Excursions from Mombasa, Kenya Tours, Kenya Holiday Excursions
		The ruins are found on the North Coast of Mombasa towards Malindi.
		These Ruins dates back from 15th century and through careful preservation most of the original foundations can be seen today.
		Gedi Ruins are designated as a National Museum by law.
	www.greathorizontrails.com /kenya/mombasaexcursions.htm (635 words)

	Watamu: Ruins, Monkeys, Shrews, and Jellyfish - Jill's African Adventure - BootsnAll Travelogues
		Enough of the ruins were left that it was easy to see how the buildings were laid laid out: the different courts in the palace, the rooms in the houses, the separate women's area in the mosque.
		I continued on to some ruins and when I turned around to go, there were two monkeys right on the path I needed to go on.
		I actually enjoyed hiking around the ruins at Gede better, even though the forest is an official park and protected it.
	blogs.bootsnall.com /jill/archives/010483.shtml (1568 words)

	Tim and Lara Beth's Kenya Page - Malindi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Between Malindi and Watamu are the ruins of Gedi, which are probably some of the better known ruins in Kenya.
		The fairly large town of Gedi (2500 inhabitants), which existed from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century, was apparently not known to to the Portuguese occupiers in Malindi, a mere 15 kilometers away.
		Its desertion is thought to have been caused by a violent tribe called the Galla, who may have occupied Gedi in the eighteenth century.
	www.blissites.com /kenya/places/malindi.html (411 words)

	The Eriksen Adventure:: wildlife adventures, safaris, tours & travel, camping Safaris, Kenya, mt. climbing in Tanzania, ...
		These are one of the few places in all Africa where you can wander on foot among herds of zebra, wildebeest, gazelle and giraffe because of the absence of predators.
		These ruins preservation most of the original foundations can still be seen today.
		A well-informed and educated guide gives a tour of the law and their preservation area a direct reflection of the commitment of the government to uphold the country’s cultural and historical background.
	www.theeriksenadventure.com /excursion_nairobi_mombasa.html (1699 words)

	Forest>Arabuko Sokoke Forests
		The forest stretches to the headwaters of the mighty Sabaki river, and occasionally herds of elephant pass through the forest en route to the river.
		The 13th century Swahili town of Gedi thrived here for hundreds of years, hidden away from Portuguese invaders and the influence of the outside world.
		The town was eventually deserted, and today the ruins of Gedi, lying among the trees and twisting vines of the forest are a haunting reminder of the past....
	www.magicalkenya.com /default.nsf/doc21/4YNNYEFZEI90?opendocument&l=1&e=4&se=404 (268 words)

	Kenyan Coastline, South Coast Safaris and Accommodation
		Just south of Malindi are the eerie ruins of Gedi, a 15th century Swahili town which was strangely abandoned sometime in the 16th century, whether through invasion or simply a lack of water - no one will ever know.
		However, Gedi was clearly a prosperous settlement, with a sultan's palace, several mosques and a series of grand coral houses.
		As knowledge of the area's precious natural heritage gets out, several worthy conservation initiatives have sprung up, including the Watamu Turtle Watch, which pays local fishermen for rescuing sea turtles caught in their nets.
	africanadrenalin.co.za /UTC/dt05.htm (585 words)

	Sarova Hotels Kenya - Whitesands - Excursions
		These extensive ruins of a 13th century Swahili settlement indicate Gede was once a flourishing town with a good size Islamic population.
		A trip to Gede Ruins is included in the Malindi Tour.
		Found in Mtwapa, they are also 13th century Swahili ruins from the Portuguese and Arab times in Mombasa.
	www.sarovahotels.com /whitesands/excursions.htm (1064 words)

	Sakimba Gedi Ruinen in Kenia
		Die Ruinen liegen inmitten eines dichten Waldes uralter Baobab-Bäume, die Stadt wurde von von Arabern erbaut.
		The Gedi Ruins are situated near Watamu, 15 kms southern from Malindi and the town was built at the end of the 13th century.
		The ruins are situated in a tight forest of Baobab-trees and the town was built by Arabian.
	www.sakimba.com /Kueste/GediRuinen/gediruinen.html (72 words)

	Watamu, Kenya
		The forests of the Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve and the Swahili ruins of Gede are also located close by.
		Watamu has developed into one of the world's best snorkeling and dive spots, with over 600 species of fish found within the Marine Reserve.
		Gede ruins overgrown by a tree in Gede National Monument.
	www.planetware.com /kenya/watamu-ken-cst-wata.htm (176 words)

	Caesarea Philippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From the rim of the hill above a cave near the source of the Hermon River is this view of some of the ruins of Caesarea Philippi beyond the parking lot.
		A stand of poplar with white bark appears near the middle of the picture.
		Part of the ancient ruins are in this photo with more to the left of the upper left corner along the road.
	home.att.net /~bibarch/CaesareaPhilippiRuins.htm (78 words)

	The EastAfrican on the Web
		It consists of the ruins of a 15th century Arab town.
		There were rules pasted on the ticket that implored the visitors not to stand or step on the walls; not to stamp or tap the plaster floors; not to discard any refuse and not to write their names on the trees or walls.
		The reasons for its decline were "suspected" to have been attacks by the Oromo "or" the Galla "or" the the increasing salinity of their water sources.
	www.nationmedia.com /eastafrican/04042005/Features/Magazine2.html (764 words)

	GEDE Articles Gede (also knowns as Gedi) is a vil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Gede (also knowns as Gedi) is a village on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya, lying south of Malindi and north of Watamu.
		Although not thought to be mentioned in historic sources, extensive ruins of a former port have been dated to the thirteenth century or earlier, including a tomb with a date corresponding to 1399, until at least the seventeenth century.
		Later, the port was abandoned and not rediscovered until the 1920s.
	www.amazines.com /Gede_related.html (344 words)

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