🇧🇼 Botswana · Archaeological wonder
Bosutswe
Bosutswe is an archaeological site at the edge of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana on top of Bosutswe Hill. The site can be dated back to around 700 AD.
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🇧🇼 Botswana · Archaeological wonder
Bosutswe is an archaeological site at the edge of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana on top of Bosutswe Hill. The site can be dated back to around 700 AD.
🇧🇼 Botswana · Temple complex
Kolobeng Mission (also known as the Livingstone Memorial), built in 1847, the third and final mission of David Livingstone, a missionary and explorer of Africa.
🇧🇼 Botswana · Ancient city
Claim 1885 discovery of 'ancient' ruins (claimed 1000+ years) · Claimed unknown builder 'similar to Zimbabwe' / Phoenician by Farini
Farini's 1885 'Phoenician' half-bow walls in Kalahari — 1964 proven dolerite sill natural ridge.
🇧🇼 Botswana · Rock art
Later Stone Age to recent (~8000 BCE – historical) · San (Basarwa) hunter-gatherer and Bantu pastoralist
Four quartzite inselbergs rising abruptly from the Kalahari sandveldt preserve over 4,500 paintings across 500 sites, dominated by the 1,400-m Male Hill.