... Pretty view of a historic site of great importance... a stunning "open-air" gallery of ancient artwork carved into the red rocks by the region's ancient Bushmen... home to one of the largest known concentrations of rock engravings in Africa with 5000 individual paintings having been recorded thus far, dating back 6000 years... here, you can learn about the hunting practices and shamanistic rituals of the tribes who lived in the valley through the medium of their own detailed engravings and paintings... the carvings represent animals such as rhinoceroses, elephants, ostriches and giraffes, as well as depictions of human and animal footprint... Big Thanks once more Alena!【ツ】
© National Heritage Council
Twyfelfontein, officially known as ǀUi-ǁAis, is a site located in the Kunene region of northwestern Namibia on the banks of the Aba Huab River in the Huab valley of the Mount Etjo formation. 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.
Twyfelfontein ("uncertain spring") got its name mid 20thC from a farmer who was in doubt whether his spring would provide sufficient water for farming.
UNESCO declared Twyfelfontein as World Heritage Site in 2007.
Stamp:
Birds - Cuckoos of Namibia
(Issued 25-04-2019)
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