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Ile-Ife

The holy city of the Yoruba, home of the naturalistic bronze and terracotta heads.

Dated events and their evidence

• 800 CE mainstream
  the city rises as a Yoruba spiritual centre (from ~9th c.) source
• 1300 CE mainstream
  the great age of the Ife bronze and terracotta heads source
• 1938 CE mainstream
  the cache of bronze heads unearthed at Wunmonije source

Where

7.4830° N, 4.5600° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ife
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ife_Head

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