- Malo: Namibia, Damara district
- Kutalika pamwamba pa nyanja: 550 m
Ku Namibia kuli dera lamapiri lakuda la Damara, chigwa chapadera chotchedwa Twifefontein, chomwe chimatanthauza "Kasupe wosakhulupirika".
Mbiri yakale
Asayansi amakhulupirira kuti dera limeneli linakhazikitsidwa pafupi zaka 130 miliyoni zapitazo. Mchenga wosambitsidwa, wogwirizana ndi nthaka, unapangidwira m'mapiri a mchenga-mchenga omwe amamangidwa mosiyanasiyana kwambiri.
Kalekale, chigwa ichi chimatchedwa Wu-Ais kapena "chitsime chodumpha". Ndipo kale mu 1947, idakhazikitsidwa ndi alimi oyera ndipo anaipatsa dzina lomweli.
Mu 2007, chigwa cha Twifelfontein chinatchedwa World Heritage ndi UNESCO. Masiku ano, alendo angayendere malo awa pokhapokha atatsagana ndi wotsogolera.
Zithunzi zojambula miyala ku chigwa cha Twifelfontein
Pafupifupi m'zaka za zana la III BC, panthawi ya Neolithic, zojambula zambiri zidapangidwa pamapope a miyala. Zaka zawo ndi zovuta kwambiri kudziwa. Zatsopano zinkasindikizidwa zaka pafupifupi 5000 zapitazo, ndipo zatsopano - pafupi zaka 500.
Akatswiri amakhulupirira kuti zojambulajambulazi zidapangidwa ndi oimira chikhalidwe cha Wilton. Panthawi imene zithunzi zimenezi zinalengedwa, panalibe chitsulo, choncho amakhulupirira kuti anali opangidwa ndi zithunzi za quartz, zomwe zidutswa za akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale zimapeza pafupi.
Mitundu yachibadwidwe, yomwe inakhala nthawi yaitali m'madera amenewa, inali a Bushman. Ndi iwo omwe akuyamikiridwa ndi kulemba kwa kujambula kwa mapanga. Kwa zaka mazana ambiri m'chigwachi, anthu a m'derali ankatsatira miyambo yawo yamatsenga. Ndipo popeza kuti anthuwa anali makamaka akusaka, masewerawa ndi odzipereka kwa mafano onse. Pa miyala mumatha kuona mlenje wokhala ndi uta, ndi nyama zosiyanasiyana: njoka, zebra, njovu, antelope komanso chisindikizo.
Kodi mungapeze bwanji ku Twifelfontein Valley?
Mutha kufika pano pa ndege yoyendetsa ndege, pofika pamtunda.
Koma nthawi zambiri amabwera kuno pamagalimoto amtunda. Komabe pali misewu, koma nthawi zambiri zimakhala zopinga ngati mitsinje yaing'ono. Chigwa cha Twifefontein chazunguliridwa ndi C35 kumwera chakum'maŵa ndi C39 kumpoto. Makonzedwe ochokera m'misewu yonse amasonyezedwa ndi zizindikiro. Ali pamsewu C39 kumalo pafupi makilomita 20, kuchokera ku C35 - pafupifupi 70 km. Mukafika pa malo oyimika, mudzafunika kukwera phirilo kwa mphindi pafupifupi 20.