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Southern Africa's first known stenciled rock art found hiding in plain sight phys.org

andsoitis3 days ago

Learn more about rock art by the San people, the original people of southern Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_rock_art

MomsAVoxell3 days ago

The similarities with the Gwion Gwion artwork of Australia are really fascinating:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwion_Gwion_rock_paintings

I truly hope to witness some questions being answered about these artworks in the years to come .. maybe some AI/ML archeology will reveal more details as the time ticks by ..

Teynah3 days ago

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everyday77323 days ago

Does anyone else see it? I don't.

wilbo3 days ago

I see it. It's the negative space.

What i don't see in the article is analysis of the ink around the figures or any estimate of age.

wilbo2 days ago

I found a better article with better pictures. https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/first-stencilled-rock-art...

everyday7732a day ago

thanks I see it now.

nadis3 days ago

If you click on the image there's a view with the colors intensified and I believe it's the red portion but it is pretty abstract-looking, at least at this time.

mock-possum2 days ago

Two stick figures, left and right, and right has what appears to be an elongated animal head and ears - or a hat

mring336213 days ago

VIEW AD TO CONTINUE...

...after already dismissing two ads. :(

Teynah3 days ago

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