Tsodilo

Also known as Tsodilo Hills, Tsodilo Hill

The 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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Historic site.name: Tsodilo
Historic site.image: Tsodilo rock paintings 1.jpg
Historic site.caption: Rock art at Tsodilo
Historic site.locmapin: Botswana#Africa
Historic site.location: Ngamiland District, Botswana
Historic site.designation1: WHS
Historic site.designation1_offname: Tsodilo
Historic site.designation1_date: 2001 (25th session)
Historic site.designation1_type: Cultural
Historic site.designation1_criteria: i, iii, iv
Historic site.designation1_number: 1021
Historic site.designation1_free1name: Region
Historic site.designation1_free1value: List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
Historic site.map_relief: yes
Historic site.map_width: 250
Historic site.map_caption: Tsodilo Hills

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Wikidata facts

Area: 70400
Elevation: 1489
Image: Tsodilo rock paintings 1.jpg

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Commons category: Tsodilo
floruit: 1960-05-01

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Contents

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.