A new #French-led initiative aims to preserve #LaasGeel’s 5,000-year-old #RockArt in #Somaliland. This project combines conservation, community involvement, & sustainable tourism to protect #Africa's most important prehistoric site.

https://saxafimedia.com/french-archaeologists-somaliland-laas-geel/

French Archaeologists Return To Somaliland’s Laas Geel: A New Era Of Heritage Protection | Saxafi Media

A French Archaeologists, led by Xavier Gutherz, launches a new initiative to protect Laas Geel’s 5,000-year-old rock art in Somaliland. The project focuses on sustainable tourism, community involvement, and conservation, ensuring the preservation of this vital cultural heritage

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А еще в Сомалилэнде встретил
такую птичку - пятнистоухий трахифонус
D'Arnaud's barbet/Trachyphonus darnaudii (наверное(судя по ареалу) это подвид
Trachyphonus darnaudii boehmi) из семейства "африканские бородатки".

15.11.2025
Laas Geel, Somaliland

#laasgeel #somaliland #фотоохота #naturephotography #naturephoto #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlifephoto #wildlife #birdphotography #birds #bird #barbet #darnaudsbarbet

На выходные съездил в Сомалилэнд (официально это части Сомали, но по факту независима с 1991г.).
Основной целью была наскальная живопись в Laas Geel. Впечатлило - потрясающая сохранность, яркие цвета. А ведь возраст рисунков около 5 тыс лет. Поскольку место находится за пределами столицы, то сопровождал вооружённый охранник.

15.11.2025
Laas Geel, Somaliland

#laasgeel #rockart
#rockpainting
#rockpaintings #hargeisa #somaliland #prehistoric #archaeology #cavepaintings #cavepainting

#Somaliland's #LaasGeel cave #paintings, 5,000+ year old treasure, rival #European prehistoric art. Despite its cultural significance, @unesco recognition is hampered by complex political status. #Heritage protection is crucial. #archaeology #CulturalHeritage

https://saxafimedia.com/ancient-art-somaliland-limbo/

Ancient Art In Somaliland In Limbo | Saxafi Media

The world’s most famous prehistoric art is in caverns in Europe, but the most recently discovered ancient cave paintings are in Somaliland, a region of Africa associated mostly with terrorism, pirates, and famine. The Laas Geel cave paintings in Somaliland in the Horn of Africa are not as old or famous as the art in France’s Lascaux or Spain’s Altamira caves, but the quality is just as good, archaeologists say.

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