Diepkloof Rock Shelter

Diepkloof Rock Shelter is a rock shelter in , South Africa in which has been found some of the earliest evidence of the human use of symbols, in the form of patterns engraved upon ostrich eggshell water containers.
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Diepkloof Rock Shelter

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Latitude
-32.38661° or 32° 23′ 12″ south
Longitude
18.45263° or 18° 27′ 10″ east
Open location code
4FVWJF73+93
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1569438876
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­rock
Wiki­data ID
Q2666120

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Diepkloof Rock Shelter” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դիպկլոֆի քարանձավ”
  • Catalan: “Diepkloof”
  • Dutch: “Abri van Diepkloof”
  • Dutch: “Diepkloof Rock Shelter”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماوى ديبلوف روك”
  • Esperanto: “Diepkloof Rock Shelter”
  • French: “Diepkloof”
  • Hebrew: “מחסה הסלעים דיפקלוף”
  • Italian: “Diepkloof Rock Shelter”
  • Japanese: “ディープクルーフ・ロック・シェルター”
  • Japanese: “ディープクルーフ岩窟住居”
  • Japanese: “ディエプクルーフ岩陰遺跡”
  • Korean: “딥클루프 암석 주거지”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Diepkloof”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Diepkloof”
  • Norwegian: “Diepkloof”
  • Polish: “Diepkloof”
  • Russian: “Дипклоф”
  • Russian: “Пещера Дипклоф”
  • Spanish: “Refugio en la roca en Diepkloof”
  • Tswana: “Diepkloof Rock Shelter”
  • Turkish: “Diepkloof Kaya Sığınağı”

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