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Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bas-Congo

Boma Congo Free State capital waterfront

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Capital of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo until 1926, with prefabricated iron buildings and the baobab quays of the lower river; capital-era ground lines the front.

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