Rock Paintings and engravings in Namibia (photo gall.)Page: 1/9
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Rock Paintings and engravings in Namibia
pictures courtesy of Leonardo Gribaudo
Rock paintings in Brandberg "Burnt Mountain" (picture
Leonardo Gribaudo)
The Brandberg massif is a large granite elevation (30 km long and 25 km wide)
in the nort west of Namib Desert, in this area more than 1000 painted rock shelters
were found. The most famous is the so called "Withe Lady". White body
paint was used for ceremonial purposes: some figures in this painting display
withe and red body paint and are superimposed to older and simpler monochrome
human figures in "bushman-style".
Material found in archaeological excavation nearby was dated to 2700 years.
