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San Rock Art (Botswana)
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The Tsodilo Hills (
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)
, Botswana's only Unesco World Heritage Site, are
sometimes referred to as the 'Louvre of the Desert'. More than 4000 ancient paint-
ings, many dating back thousands of years, adorn the caves and cliffs of these picturesque
mountains, which remain a sacred site for the San people. Expertly rendered in ochre-hued
natural pigments, the paintings are at once beautiful and an invaluable chronology of the
evolving relationship between human beings and the natural world. And such is their re-
moteness that you might just have them all to yourself.
PATRICK DIEUDONNE / GETTY IMAGES ©
