Awash river valley Travel Guide

The Awash river valley is an important place on the archeological world map. In 1974, in this valley in Eastern Ethiopia, archaeologists discovered 3.5-million-year- old fossil skeletons, which they named Australopithecus afarensis. These earliest known hominids stood upright, lived in groups, and had adapted to living in open areas rather than in forests.

The Awash river valley is located in the Afar region and can be seen on the way going from Addis ababa to the Muslim walled city of Harar.