Brandberg White Lady in Arixa Ams, Namibia
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In 1917, German explorer Reinhard Maack discovered a group of rock paintings while surveying Brandberg Mountain in the northwestern Namibian desert. Forced to take shelter one night in a rocky outcropping, Maack awoke the next morning to find a wall of primitive rock paintings. Believed to be 2,000 years old, the Brandberg paintings were drawn with charcoal, crushed sandstone, animal blood, hematite, manganese, and other natural materials. Casein and egg white were used as binders. The decorated
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