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Rock Art in Uganda

Africa · 1 site

Uganda holds 1 documented rock art site in this atlas. The oldest, Nyero Rock Paintings, dates back ~1,500 yrs. 1 welcomes visitors today.

Sites

Nyero Rock Paintings Near Kumi in eastern Uganda, the Nyero shelters carry geometric paintings — concentric circles, sets of dots and canoe-like shapes — in red pigment, attributed to Later Stone Age Batwa hunter-gatherers.

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