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Multi-periodSite Name: The Lost City of KalahariCountry: Namibia
NOTE: This site is 143.68 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Keetmannshoop Nearest Village: Aroab
Latitude: 26.734374S Longitude: 19.530230E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Namibia
In 1895 Gilarmi Farini found town-like structures in the Kalahari between Namibia, South Africa and Botswana. Many Bushmen (San) legends told about forgotten towns in the Kalahari desert. Farini made sketches and took photos from the site:
This is a link
Farini estimated the ruins to be thousands of years old. It is not sure if some of the structures near Aroab are man made or natural.
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