3-512: Isarun or Isharun is a village in Ifedore , Ondo State , Nigeria. It lies 24 km of Akure the state capital. The village gained international attraction in 1922 when a hunter, Chief Obele, first discovered the Cave of Ashes or (in yorùbá :ìhò eléérù). In 1965 English archeologist, Thurstan Shaw and his team visited the thick forest of Isarun where they conducted an extensive research on
6-475: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ifedore Ifedore is a Local Government Area in Ondo State , Nigeria . Its headquarters is in the town of Igbara-Oke . Elizade University is located in the area. It has an area of 295 km and a population of 176,327 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 340. This Ondo State , Nigeria location article
9-488: The place, they worked rigorously and subsequently excavated bones of stone age man in a cave dated to have been around 11,200 years old, other exhumed artifacts such as pottery works dating as far back as 1000 BC, human bones and a cast of skull was said to have been deposited at the University of Ibadan museum and some were reportedly taken to London for research work. This Ondo State , Nigeria location article
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