Saturday, November 03, 2012

ROCK ART


Author: Federica Leone 

The Acacus mountains area UN Heritage sites which has a slideshow of the area, including this photo.

and yes, I am aware that Zimbabwe is quite a distance from Libya, but it makes one wonder when men all over the world drew art...

here is an example of rock art from the Matobo hills.



Inanke Cave showing rock Paintings © Nomination File

this article on Zimbabwe's balancing rocks says: 
The land forms here are examples of the granite formations, which dominate Zimbabwe's land form as "crenellated ridges, dwalas or hump-backed domes, and what look like randomly heaped boulders which have evolved in various forms over millions of years of weathering." The most impressive Balancing Rock formation in these granite ranges is of the Motabo Hills, which is the inselberg of "Mother and Child Rock formation".[4] The Balancing Rocks found here are described as the best granite outcrops in "Dali-esque compositions of lichen streaked balancing rocks."[7]




The Khami Ruins show an example of the flat stones I discussed below: they are used there and in the Great Zimbabwe ruins.
© Rhodesiansreunited




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