Ruined Somali coastal cities remain unexcavated since a 1940 survey.

Evidence

These cities are today all in ruins and although a preliminary survey of the majority of them was made by Major Curle in 1940, they have not yet been systematically excavated. A thorough excavation should throw considerable light upon this period. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 730

Categorization

• QUESTION: An archaeological excavation of these ruined cities could test and refine Lewis’s account of the medieval Muslim sultanates.