{"id":10477,"date":"2017-08-31T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/?p=10477"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:52:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T14:52:28","slug":"laas-geel-eastern-africas-best-kept-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/31\/laas-geel-eastern-africas-best-kept-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Laas Geel, eastern Africa&#8217;s best kept secret?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intrepid travel photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/michaelrunkel\/\">Michael Runkel<\/a>\u00a0visited Laas Geel, a little known ancient site that is home to some of the earliest known cave paintings in the Horn of Africa. Hidden away in the self-declared state of Somaliland (officially known as northern Somalia), this beautiful rock art &#8211; thought to be between 5000 and 10,000 years old &#8211; has been known to the area&#8217;s inhabitants for many generations, but only came to international attention when a team of experts &#8216;discovered&#8217; it in 2002.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/1184-1784\/local-guide-sitting-one-laas-geel-caves-somaliland\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.robertharding.com\/preview\/RM\/RH\/HORIZONTAL\/1184-1784.jpg\" alt=\"Stock photo of a local guide sitting in one of the Laas Geel caves, Somaliland, Africa\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local guide sitting in one of the Laas Geel caves, Somaliland, Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The beautifully preserved paintings show cattle and herders, 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photography of Cave paintings in Lass Geel caves, Somaliland, Africa\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cave paintings in Lass Geel caves, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/1184-1785\/cave-paintings-lass-geel-caves-somaliland-somalia-africa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.robertharding.com\/preview\/RM\/RH\/HORIZONTAL\/1184-1785.jpg\" alt=\"Stock image of Cave paintings in Lass Geel caves, Somaliland, Africa\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cave paintings in Lass Geel caves, Somaliland, Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/?lang=en&amp;page=search&amp;s=somaliland&amp;smode=0&amp;license=2&amp;sortby=1&amp;bgcolour=white&amp;display=5\">See more stock travel photos of 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