Tsodilo
Sign in to saveThe Tsodilo Hills () are a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), consisting of rock art, rock shelters, depressions, and caves in Botswana, Southern Africa.
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Tsodilo Hills is a site in Botswana featuring ancient rock art, caves, and shelters that has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It matters because it preserves important archaeological evidence of human activity and artistic expression in Southern Africa.
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Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Tsodilo
- Historic site.image
- Tsodilo rock paintings 1.jpg
- Historic site.caption
- Rock art at Tsodilo
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- Botswana#Africa
- Historic site.location
- Ngamiland District, Botswana
- Historic site.designation1
- WHS
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- Tsodilo
- Historic site.designation1_date
- 2001 (25th session)
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- Cultural
- Historic site.designation1_criteria
- i, iii, iv
- Historic site.designation1_number
- 1021
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- Region
Article
13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Archaeology
- Rhino Cave
- White Paintings
- Red Paintings
- Depression Rock Shelter Site
- Metallurgy
- Cultural significance
- Oral Traditions
- Claim of earliest known ritual
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Tsodilo Hills () are a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), consisting of rock art, rock shelters, depressions, and caves in Botswana, Southern Africa.
It gained its WHS listing in 2001 because of its unique religious and spiritual significance to local peoples, as well as its unique record of human settlement over many millennia. UNESCO estimates there are over 4500 rock paintings at the site. The site consists of a few main hills known as the Child Hill, Female Hill, and Male Hill.