<P> In 2002, a French archaeological team discovered the Laas Geel cave paintings on the outskirts of Hargeisa in the northwestern region of Somaliland . Dating back around 5,000 years, the paintings depict both wild animals and decorated cows . They also feature herders, who are believed to be the creators of the rock art . In 2008, Somali archaeologists announced the discovery of other cave paintings in Dhambalin region, which the researchers suggest includes one of the earliest known depictions of a hunter on horseback . The rock art is in the Ethiopian - Arabian style, dated to 1000 to 3000 BCE . </P> <P> Additionally, between the towns of Las Khorey and El Ayo in Karinhegane, the site of numerous cave paintings of real and mythical animals . Each painting has an inscription below it, which collectively have been estimated to be around 2,500 years old . Karihegane's rock art is in the same distinctive Ethiopian - Arabian style as the Laas Geel and Dhambalin cave paintings . Around 25 miles from Las Khorey is found Gelweita, another key rock art site . </P> <P> In Djibouti, rock art of what appear to be antelopes and a giraffe are also found at Dorra and Balho . </P> <P> Many cave paintings are found in the Tassili n'Ajjer mountains in southeast Algeria . A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the rock art was first discovered in 1933 and has since yielded 15,000 engravings and drawings that keep a record of the various animal migrations, climatic shifts, and change in human inhabitation patterns in this part of the Sahara from 6000 BCE to the late classical period . Other cave paintings are also found at the Akakus, Mesak Settafet and Tadrart in Libya and other Sahara regions including: Ayr mountains, Niger and Tibesti, Chad . </P>

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