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Nyero Rockpaintings (Ancient paintings in rockshelters)

Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

Uganda (Africa)

Date of Submission: 10/09/1997
Criteria: (i)(ii)(vi)
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
Department of Antiquities and Museums
Coordinates:
Ngora sub-county, Kumi Lat. 1°28'30" N ; Long. 33°50'40" E
Ref.: 914

Description

The Nyero Rockpaintings site is a three tiered rockshelters with primitive paintings on their inner surfaces. Archaeologically the site is of a Later Iron Age period. The makers of the paintings cannot be traced but the ingenuity in which they were painted demonstrates a high degree of appreciation of their aesthetic values.