Concentric circles
Red and white.
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Nyero is a site of ancient rock paintings among huge rounded granite boulders in eastern Uganda. Brown stone blocks stack on one another among green trees, and beneath them rock shelters carry concentric circles and geometric shapes in red and white on their ceilings and walls. The paintings date to before 1250 CE, were first recorded in 1913 and are described by researchers as largely geometric. They belong to a red-pigment tradition that spreads across eastern and central Africa and are generally attributed to Twa hunter-gatherers. The site has six shelters; the first holds six sets of white concentric circles. You walk among the big boulders from shelter to shelter with a guide, see the paintings up close beneath the rocks, and climb on top of the boulders to look out over the plain. The site is about 10 km in a straight line west of Kumi and about 250 km from Kampala. Do not touch or wet the paintings, as they are fragile.
Red and white.
Stacked up.
Over the plain.
West of Kumi town, Kumi District, eastern Uganda
They are usually attributed to Twa hunter-gatherers.
Yes, to find all six shelters.