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Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains and Malawi’s Mount Mulanje were also added to the latest edition of the UNESCO World Heritage ...
The Trust for African Rock Art (Tara), which I had founded, was awarded a National Geographic grant, and in 2002 I led a return expedition to the site to record it using photogrammetry, a 3D ...
New research suggests the engraving, which shows an elite individual sitting in a boat, may be up to 5,100 years old ...
The oldest rock art in southern Africa is 5,000 years old, ... Ancient rock art can be harmed by the elements, such as wind, rain and erosion. But animals can also damage it.
South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.
The rock art tradition began in Africa 50,000 years ago, but abstract engravings may be up to 77,000 years old. It long predates writing, so serves as an important historical window into the ...
The Cape Town-born artist has spent decades visiting many of the thousands of ancient rock art sites that dot South Africa, in order to meticulously produce millimeter-accurate copies of humanity ...