Nyero Rockpaintings

The Nyero Rockpaintings are rock paintings in Uganda. They comprise a three-tiered rockshelter with primitive paintings on their inner surfaces. Archaeologically, the site dates back to the Later Iron Age. The makers of the paintings cannot be identified, but the ingenuity with which they were painted demonstrates a high degree of appreciation of their aesthetic values. ^[1]

World Heritage status

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on September 10th, 1997, in the Cultural category^[2].

Notes

1. ^ Nyero Rockpaintings (Ancient paintings in rockshelters) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
2. ^ Nyero Rockpaintings (Ancient paintings in rockshelters) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

References

• Nyero Rockpaintings (Ancient paintings in rockshelters) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved on 2009-03-23.

• Sassoon, Hamo (1971), Guide to Nyero Rock Paintings: With Notes on Some Other Rock Paintings in Uganda, Dept. of Antiquities. (No ISBN)