Some explorers believed they had found unicorns depicted on rocks. The truth behind the paintings is far more interesting.
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A new exhibition in Johannesburg focuses on the beliefs and paintings of the San people.
Instead of displaying myths, Samburu rock art reveals real-life stories and is made as a leisure activity.
Sometimes archaeologists can “hear” the ancient past using acoustic methods.
The moth cocoons are the first archaeological evidence of shamanic ritual paraphernalia in southern Africa.
Runaway slaves joined indigenous Khoe-San people and raided colonial farms. The rock art they left in their hideouts tells a fascinating story.
The team from Wits University returned to a well-known ceiling panel in the Maloti-Drakensberg mountains, armed with new knowledge about the beliefs of the San people who made the paintings.
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