Twyfelfontein (Afrikaans: Uncertain Spring), officiellement connu sous le nom de ǀUi-ǁAis (Damara/Nama: Saut d'eau), est un site de gravures rupestres anciennes dans le TH

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• Dimensions: 8640 x 5760 px | 73,2 x 48,8 cm | 28,8 x 19,2 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 6 janvier 2023
• Lieu: Namibia

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Twyfelfontein (Afrikaans: uncertain spring), officially known as ǀUi-ǁAis (Damara/Nama: jumping waterhole), is a site of ancient rock engravings in the Kunene Region of north-western Namibia. 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. The site has been inhabited for 6, 000 years, first by hunter-gatherers and later by Khoikhoi herders. Both ethnic groups used it as a place of worship and a site to conduct shamanist rituals. In the process of these rituals at least 2, 500 items of rock carvings have been created, as well as a few rock paintings. Displaying one of the largest concentrations of rock petroglyphs in Africa,

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