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At Mkhuzweni Rock, the paintings include hunters and animals, but some figures resist even a basic label: are they human or something else? Photographer Steven Wade Adams describes seeing the San paintings during a 2024 visit to Eswatini. He places their age at about 1,000 years and lists prey animals and cattle among the images. For a viewer, the uncertain figures make the scene harder to read than a simple hunting picture.
Adams frames his visit around questions of spirituality and describes traveling with an archaeologist interested in African shamanism. His account, though, does not establish what those figures mean or explain how the paintings were dated. That distinction matters when a striking image invites an interpretation before the evidence is clear. What features of the paintings might help someone investigate whether the uncertain figures represent people?
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