Twyfelfontein gets international recognition

By: ABSALOM SHIGWEDHA

THE Twyfelfontein rock-art site in the Kunene Region has been listed on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation .

The listing of Twyfelfontein as a World Heritage Site was approved

yesterday at a meeting of the World Heritage Committee, currently

under way in Christchurch, New Zealand.

"This will bring a lot of tourists to Namibia as well as make

the country better known," said Werner Hillebrecht, the Chief

Archivist at the National Archives of Namibia.

 

Twyfelfontein has one of the largest concentrations of

prehistoric rock carvings in Africa, with over 2 000 figures

documented to date.

 

The rock art is a visual representation of the rituals of

hunter-gatherer communities who lived up to 2 000 years ago.

 

"This will bring a lot of tourists to Namibia as well as make the

country better known," said Werner Hillebrecht, the Chief Archivist

at the National Archives of Namibia.Twyfelfontein has one of the

largest concentrations of prehistoric rock carvings in Africa, with

over 2 000 figures documented to date.The rock art is a visual

representation of the rituals of hunter-gatherer communities who

lived up to 2 000 years ago.

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