Twyfelfontein

The Fountain of Doubt

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Namibie

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Damaraland

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A vast mountain amphitheatre rises up, dominated by a jumble of smooth red rocks, as though fallen from the sky.

On these stones, Neolithic people left more than 3,000 rock engravings, forming a veritable prehistoric alphabet. These drawings depict the constellations of the southern sky, herds of headless animals, four-legged ostriches, and lions whose tails end in a hand grasping a giraffe. The famous engraving nicknamed “the fountain of doubt” perfectly captures the mystery and imagination of its makers.

Twyfelfontein is an astonishing bestiary and an open-air art gallery, where every stone tells a thousand-year-old story. To take in its richness, you have to climb this sun-warmed jumble of rock, study each engraving closely, and let yourself be drawn into this record carved for eternity.

Here the Bushmen achieved a rare harmony between the observation of nature and artistic expression — a place that any naturalist or history enthusiast dreams of reaching.

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