Apollo 11 Cave
archaeological site, Namibia
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The Apollo 11 Cave in Namibia is an archaeological site where rock fragments with drawings of animal figures were discovered. These artworks, rendered in black, red, and white, have been dated to approximately 30,000 years ago. This discovery made them the oldest known art in Africa at the time of their finding. The cave was named after the 1969 NASA mission that first landed humans on the Moon. While significant, later discoveries in South Africa at Blombos Cave revealed engraved ochre pieces dating back over 75,000 years.1
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