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Twyfelfontein - UNESCO World Heritage Site

Namibia / Kunene / Khorixas /
 memorial, interesting place, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Twyfelfontein has one of the largest concentrations of rock petroglyphs (engravings) in Africa. Most of these well-preserved engravings represent rhinoceros, elephant, ostrich and giraffe, as well as drawings of human and animal footprints. The site also includes six painted rock-shelters with motifs of human figures in red ochre. The objects excavated from two sections, date from the Late Stone Age. The site forms a coherent, extensive and high-quality record of ritual practices relating to hunter-gatherer communities in this part of southern Africa over at least 2,000 years.
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Coordinates:   20°35'36"S   14°22'28"E
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