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Ancient Artworks

  • April 23, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The Dabous Giraffes are two ancient, life-sized rock carvings, or petroglyphs, in the Ténéré Desert in Niger. The highly detailed male (over 18 feet tall!) and smaller female are side-by-side atop a sandstone slab, at a site containing more than 800 other carvings.

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