Dabous giraffes

petroglyph, Niger

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rock art

  • Cueva de las Manos (“Cave of the Hands”)
    In rock art: Africa

    …of life-size rock carvings of two giraffes at a site known as Dabous, in north-central Niger, suggests a wetter, more hospitable past. Each of the giraffes has a line running from its mouth or nose toward a human figure. Similar motifs have been found elsewhere in the Sahara, but scholars…

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