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Tanzania taps Rhapta ruins for Unesco sites recognition

Rhapta ruins

Lost city of Roman emporion Rhapta, lies buried in the Rufiji Delta. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  Emmanuel Onyango

Correspondent in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Nation Media Group

Tanzania has applied to have the Rhapta ruins recognised as a World Heritage Site.

Prof Hamisi Malebo, the executive secretary of Tanzania National Commission said they had requested Unesco to recognise the submerged ruins of the ancient lost city, recently discovered by archeologists who believe it to be the ancient lost city of Rhapta. The installation in Tanzania’s southern coast are 10 km off Mafia Island.

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