Dhambalin
Sign in to saveDhambalin ("half, vertically cut mountain") is an archaeological site in the central Sahil province of Somaliland. The sandstone rock shelter contains rock art depicting various animals such as horned cattle and goats, as well as giraffes, an animal no longer found in the country. The site also features the earliest known pictures of sheep in Somaliland. Discovered in autumn 2007, residents of Beenyo Dhaadheer reported the rock art to the Somali archaeologist Sada Mire, Director of the Department of Archaeology within the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Somaliland.
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- Cave.name
- Dhambalin
- Cave.photo
- Snakes, sheep and goat polychrome with symbolic elements in Dhambalin.jpg
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- Snakes, sheep and goat polychrome with symbolic elements and other rock art in the cave complex
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- Sahil, Somaliland#Somaliland
- Cave.location
- Dhambalin, Sahil, Somaliland
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- Public
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- archaeological site
- Country
- Somaliland
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- Snakes, sheep and goat polychrome with symbolic elements in Dhambalin.jpg
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Dhambalin ("half, vertically cut mountain") is an archaeological site in the central Sahil province of Somaliland. The sandstone rock shelter contains rock art depicting various animals such as horned cattle and goats, as well as giraffes, an animal no longer found in the country. The site also features the earliest known pictures of sheep in Somaliland. Discovered in autumn 2007, residents of Beenyo Dhaadheer reported the rock art to the Somali archaeologist Sada Mire, Director of the Department of Archaeology within the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Somaliland.
The archaeological site is dated to about 5000 years ago. The images provide an important link to the rock art of the Horn of Africa, particularly in their representation of its pastoral cultures and fauna.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dhambalin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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