A sneaky plan perhaps…
A week, or so, ago I was posting photographs of my natural surroundings from my weekend in the Free State in the posts, entitled:
Incommunicado in the Countryside, Tuck Box – [Reindeer], Cactus in the Sky, Opposites Attract, Internal Fibrous Structure of the Prickly Pear, Winter Windbreakers, Evergreen with the Everblue, Afternoon Shadows.
What I never mentioned at the time was the quick trip I made to peruse some Rock Art.
Here is a taster, showing an antelope of some kind and a dancing figure in the top right hand corner.
Perhaps you are more than happy just looking at this photograph, but should your interest be tweaked enough to allow your curiosity to get the better of you and you want more… then head on over to The Unwitting Traveller and the post entitled “Bushman Rock Art in the Free State, South Africa”.
Some weeks ago I was disgruntled with The Unwitting Traveller and almost consigned it to the blog-bin. I have since realised that it does have it’s place after all (in my view anyway).
From time to time, I will post a photograph here with a link through to a more detailed post on the same topic. There is no obligation to click the link or follow anything you don’t wish to, of course 
Nr Memel, Free State – June, 2011
I followed the link to see the rest of the pictures. Strange to think they’ve been there for so long
I know, but part of me also wonders at how relatively recent they actually are. Being the geologist that I am, my reference scale for time is soooo verrrryyyy much looooonger!
The dry country and the rock art itself are surprisingly similar to the same things in the Pecos River region of west Texas. You’d almost think the cultures were somehow in communication, though as far as is known they weren’t.
There is much in the world where things are far too coincidental for my liking
It is also interesting to compare to the Agawa Rock Pictographs on Lake Superior in Ontario. A First Nation artist depicted a “mythological” creature that resembles a dinosaur/lizard. One can only wonder at the knowledge that was collected and passed on until modern society broke the lines of communication.
Thank you elmediat – It’s my belief that there was more communication back in the day than we modern folk like to believe…
Lovely image breathing history!
Thank you iltana