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<< Our Photo Pages >> Twyfelfontein - Stone Circle in Namibia

Submitted by ModernExplorers on Monday, 19 January 2015  Page Views: 4006

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Twyfelfontein
Country: Namibia Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Khorixas  Nearest Village: Khorixas
Latitude: 20.598S  Longitude: 14.374209E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
0No data.
3 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
3

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Twyfelfontein Stone Circle
Twyfelfontein Stone Circle submitted by ModernExplorers : Site in Namibia (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Namibia. We went to visit the nearby rock paintings and were delighted to discover that they had stone circles as well.

One was unrecognizable as a circle but our guide assured us it was so. We were told they were created by the same people that painted and carved the rocks in the area and that the circles were used by shaman to perform rituals.

The circle was 10m from the rock carvings (the only ones in the valley as the rest are paintings) which show circles and other geometric shapes that we were told shamans saw when they were in a trance-like state.
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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)

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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.

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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

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.

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

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

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

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