PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF ||KHAUXA!NAS

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Landscape east of ||Khauxa!nas: With View to the Great Karas Mountains in the West: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Landscape east of ||Khauxa!nas: With View to the Gurus River in the South: District Road 612: Karas Region: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: Protection Walls from East: 1987
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Air: May 1987
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Ruins to the East: With Protection Wall in the Background: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: Top of the Ruins: Details of Structural Elements: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Mountain: Onto the Back River: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The View to the Southeast
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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View from the highest Point to the West into the Direction of the Great Karas Mountains: 1988
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Ruins to the West: With the Great Karas Mountains in the Background: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas from the West in the Direction of the Protective Wall
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas Ruins: View to the East
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Pathway leading to the Top of the ||Khauxa!nas Fortress: 1988
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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View from the Pathway to the Bak River: 1988
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Precolonial Pathway to the Top of the ||Khauxa!nas Ruins: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Bak River at ||Khauxa!nas east of the Great Karas Mountains: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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View from the ||Khauxa!nas Fortress to the Bak River (View to the South East)
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Typical Building Elements at the ||Khauxa!nas Ruins
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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||Khauxa!nas Structures at the northwestern Corner of the Mountain Plateau
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Details of the walled Buildings in ||Khauxa!nas
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Small Openings near the Bottom Edges (Drainage openings)
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Possible House of Klaas Afrikaner on the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain: March 2001
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Possible House of Klaas Afrikaner on the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Protective Wall around the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain Plateau: April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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The Rectangular Building in ||Khauxa!nas: "Marengo's House": April 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Tombstones on the eastern Side of the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain Fortress or "Good Look Cairn" (Nama: Heitsi-Eibib or Haitse-aibeb): 1987
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Tombstones (Heitsi Eibeb) on the Eastern Side of the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain Fortress: April 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

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Detailed  Plan of the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain Fortress
Longman Namibia: Anne Westoby

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NamPost stamps on the ||Khauxa!nas Ruins, 06.02.1997

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