Miandi is a
proto-Somali
Proto-Somalis were the ancient people and ancestors of Somalis who lived in present-day Somalia. Literature on proto-Somalis largely uses a time-frame pertaining to the 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD.
History
The Puntites were ancient C ...
small town in the southern
Lower Juba
Lower Juba ( so, Jubbada Hoose, Maay: ''Jubithy Hoosy'', ar, جوبا السفلى, it, Basso Giuba) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia. With its capital at Kismayo, it lies in the autonomous Jubaland region. It has gr ...
province of
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
.
Overview
Miandi is situated in the southernmost part of the country, at a radius of one to two miles from Ras Cuaodo.
An ancient walled town, it is an important local archaeological site. Among the various old ruins is a finely-plastered
mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
. The square bases of four of the masjid's interior columns still stand.
Additionally, the town contains a number of
pillar tomb A pillar tomb is a type of monumental grave wherein the central feature is a single, prominent Column, pillar or column, often made of stone.
Overview
A number of world cultures incorporated pillars into tomb structures. Examples of such edifices ...
s. According to Elliot, who examined the structures, the long shaft of one of the collapsed pillars was especially well-made.
See also
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Somalian architecture
Notes
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Archaeological sites in Somalia
Lower Juba
Archaeological sites of Eastern Africa