Twyfelfontein
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Twyfelfontein, which means "doubtful fountain“ or "Fountain of Doubt“ is the name of a valley in the Damara highland about 70 km west of Khorixas. The valley was inhabited by the Damara, who call the valley Uri-Ais (jumping fountain).
This remote site is home to over 2,500 rock carvings which were carved into the red rock over 6,000 years ago. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with engravings depicting the animal world of that era: rhinoceros, giraffe, ostrich, elephants, and a lion with a 90-degree kink to the tail. Noted as a place of worship to the hunter gatherers and shamanist rituals.
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In 1947 white farmers settled in the valley, but the fountain was unreliable and only had little water. The farms were abandoned by the white settlers due to the Odendaal plan in 1964, where the local population of Namibia was relocated in "Homelands".
