Rock Paintings, a Vanished People and Water Scarcity with Mark Jenkins Photos courtesy of Ken Driese Brandberg, Namibia’s highest mountain, conceals the greatest collection of rock paintings on earth. Hidden in the shade beneath granite boulders, where an extinct tribe once escaped the scorching heat of the Namib Desert, 4000-year-old paintings depict a lost world of giraffes and elephants, snakes and springbok, bow hunters and community celebrations. On assignment for National Geographic in 2015, writer Mark Jenkins climbed Brandberg in 120 degree heat to explore this alfresco art museum and reflect on the challenges of water scarcity then and now. SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 7 p.m. Laramie County Library Cottonwood Room THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC For more information contact: [email protected] | 307-766-5202
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Rock Paintings, a Vanished People and Water Scarcity with Mark Jenkins
Photos courtesy of Ken Driese
Brandberg, Namibia’s highest mountain, conceals the greatest collection of rock paintings on earth. Hidden in the shade beneath granite boulders, where an extinct tribe once escaped the scorching heat of the Namib Desert, 4000-year-old paintings depict a lost world of giraffes and elephants, snakes and springbok, bow hunters and community celebrations. On assignment for National Geographic in 2015, writer Mark Jenkins climbed Brandberg in 120 degree heat to explore this alfresco art museum and reflect on the challenges of water scarcity then and now.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 7 p.m. Laramie County Library Cottonwood RoomLaramie County Library Cottonwood RoomLaramie County Library Cottonwood RoomLaramie County Library Cottonwood Room
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 7 p.m.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLICFor more information contact: [email protected] | 307-766-5202
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