Border Cave burial with ostrich shell beads
28000 BCE.
Shown on the map at -33.500°, 26.500°.
An infant buried with a perforated shell ornament, in one of the oldest known graves in Africa.
28000 BCE.
Shown on the map at -33.500°, 26.500°.
An infant buried with a perforated shell ornament, in one of the oldest known graves in Africa.
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