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) |
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| Date of Submission: | 10/09/1997 |
| Criteria: | (i)(ii)(vi) |
| Category: | Cultural |
| Submitted 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.
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