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Twyfelfontein

Site of ancient rock engravings in the Kunene Region of north-western Namibia.


Overview - Twyfelfontein


Twyfelfontein

Twyfelfontein

Situated in north-western Namibia, Twyfelfontein preserves one of the largest concentrations of rock engravings in Africa. Over 6,000 years ago by ancient Bushmen, most of the carvings were created. The carvings were made by cutting through the hard surface layer of sandstone.

 It consists of a spring in a valley flanked by the slopes of a sandstone table mountain that receives very little rainfall and has a wide range of diurnal temperatures.

It represents animals such as rhinoceroses, elephants, ostriches, and giraffes as well as depictions of human and animal footprints quite similar to the caveman.