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Mamuno Monument a.k.a. Kangumene Rock Engravings: 2006 [1] Three rock engraving sites, with art works and engravings 750 metres (2,460 ft) from the international border post at Mamuno: Ghanzi District There are footprints, geometrical designs and weapons. The art found at the Mamuno sites is distinct from the Shamanistic form found in eastern ...
Botswana accepted the convention on 23 November 1998. [3] There are two World Heritage Sites in Botswana, with a further seven on the tentative list. [3] The first site in Botswana to be inscribed to the list was Tsodilo Hills in 2001. [3] The most recent site listed was the Okavango Delta in 2003, and became the 1000th site on the list. [4]
Old Palapye is a crucial site which has many artifacts in it from the middle, late and stone age history. Old Palapye became famous because the remains of the Ngwato capital which was found in the year 1889 during the ruling of the famous Kgosi Khama III from 1889-1902. [ 2 ]
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The three dikgosi featured on the monument. [4] The monument features 5.4-meter (18 ft) tall bronze statues of three dikgosi, or chiefs, who played important roles in Botswana's independence: Khama III, Sebele I, and Bathoen I. [4] However, the entire monument is 7 meters (23 ft) high. [5]
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Domboshaba [pronunciation?] ruins is a cultural and heritage site in Botswana originally occupied towards the end of the Great Zimbabwe period (1250–1450 AD). The site is a respected place for the people living in the region and it is believed that the chief lived on the top of the hill together with his helpers or assistants.
Botswana, [c] officially the Republic of Botswana, [d] is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 per cent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the northeast.