Nyero Rock Paintings

Nyero Rock Paintings is an archaeological and sacred cultural site near Kumi in . Its granite shelters contain red and white geometric paintings, including distinctive concentric circles, curved lines and elongated forms whose meaning remains uncertain.
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  • Type: petroglyphic site
  • Description: archaeological site in Uganda
  • Also known as: “Nyero rock paintings” and “Nyero Rockpaintings”

Nyero Rock Paintings

Latitude
1.4718° or 1° 28′ 19″ north
Longitude
33.8461° or 33° 50′ 46″ east
Open location code
6GHMFRCW+PC
Wiki­data ID
Q7071070
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In Other Languages

From French to Swedish—“Nyero Rock Paintings” goes by many names.
  • French: “Peintures rupestres de Nyero”
  • Ganda: “Nyero rock paintings”
  • Japanese: “ニェロ”
  • Persian: “صخره‌نگاری‌های نیرو”
  • Swedish: “Nyeros klippmålningar”

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