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Twyfelfontein, Namibia

It is one of the largest concentrations of rock engravings in Africa. The name means 'doubtful spring' in Afrikaans.

Twyfelfontein, Namibia
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The story, as a puzzle

Rhinos in the rock.
More than 2,000 engravings of rhinoceros, giraffes, ostriches and footprints were cut into sandstone here by hunter-gatherers over at least two thousand years. Pin the rock art.

Where it is

Twyfelfontein, Namibia · -20.5956, 14.3726

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre ↗

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