South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.

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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.

Does This Ancient Rock Art Depict an Extinct Animal? ... It’s believed the Horned Serpent panel was painted by San people between 1821 and 1835 at a South African site known as La Belle France.

Three ancient cemeteries, cist burials dated to around 2000 BC, rock shelters with painted art, and standing stones up to 2.5 meters tall were identified on Morocco's Tangier Peninsula.

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a study published September 18, 2024 in the ...

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.

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 ...

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 ...

Former South African President Nelson Mandela once described rock art as “the common heritage of all humanity.” For Tshaka and Townley Bassett, it is a worthy testament.