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<< Our Photo Pages >> Twyfelfontein - Rock Art in Namibia

Submitted by h_fenton on Wednesday, 26 December 2007  Page Views: 8363

Rock ArtSite Name: Twyfelfontein Alternative Name: /Ui-//aes
Country: Namibia
NOTE: This site is 2.837 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Khorixas
Latitude: 20.596S  Longitude: 14.374200E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Twyfelfontein
Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton : Country: Namibia rock engravings at Twyfelfontein, the central figure as well as being engraved has also been polished which is uncommon on this site (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Namibia. Twyfelfontein has a large concentration of prehistoric rock engravings, these engravings mostly represent rhinoceroses, elephants, ostriches, and giraffes, there are also human and animal footprints. There are also painted rock shelters here with human figures in red ochre. archaeological finds on the site suggest the site has been used from the Late Stone Age.

I'm unable to find a specific date range but they were used by hunter gatherers until a change to more pastoral communities in this area around 1000CE. over 2000 engravings have so far been recorded at this site. the main group of engravings are a big tourist attraction, in some instances engravings are being damaged where people touch them as they move through the site and some guides have scraped the engravings to make them show up better!!.

Note: Country is actually Namibia
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Twyfelfontein submitted by KaiHofmann : Twyfelfontein rock art, in South Africa (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton : The valley that this site lies in and a panel rock engravings of different animals and possibly a spirit. The lighter areas on the rock towards the bottom of the photo are where people have been touching the rock as they walk through a narrow section. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Twyfelfontein
Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton : A large panel of rock engravings of many different animals at Twyfelfontein. Unfortunately someone has been scraping the rock to show its colour when recently exposed - much more yellowy. Probably in order to show tourists that someone didn't do these rock engravings just yesterday. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton : A rock shelter with some paintings in red ochre shown in better detail in a separate picture. Twyfelfontein (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton : Rock engravings of human feet and a giraffe (Vote or comment on this photo)

Twyfelfontein Stone Circle
Twyfelfontein Stone Circle submitted by ModernExplorers : Site in Namibia

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Twyfelfontein submitted by KaiHofmann : Twyfelfontein rock art, in South Africa

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Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton : Paintings in red ochre of humans. It looks like these paintings in red ochre had been done on a sort of whitewash layer that been applied to the rock prior to putting the red ochre on Twyfelfontein

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Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton : Rock engravings of ostriches and cloven hooves

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Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton : Rock engraving of a Giraffe.

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Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton : Rock engravings at Twyfelfontein, main feature is an Elephant.

Twyfelfontein Stone Circle
Twyfelfontein Stone Circle submitted by ModernExplorers : One of the more interesting rock paintings on a nearby rock.

Twyfelfontein Stone Circle
Twyfelfontein Stone Circle submitted by ModernExplorers : More carvings on the same rock.

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Twyfelfontein Stone Circle submitted by ModernExplorers : Some of the carvings.

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Twyfelfontein Stone Circle submitted by ModernExplorers : Approx. 2m in diameter.

Twyfelfontein Stone Circle
Twyfelfontein Stone Circle submitted by ModernExplorers : Site in Namibia

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Twyfelfontein submitted by KaiHofmann : Twyfelfontein rock art. Site in South Africa.

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