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Heitsi Ghub
Names: Prayer Mound Other Site Details
Classification  | A.05.2. Archaeology, Sites of Veneration
Proclamation No  | 028/1961
Place  | Bethanië, Izaaksbrunn Farm No. 71
Region  | Karas
Site Environment  | Farm
Refences  | Official Gazette 2299, No. 55, 1961. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p.32-33.
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 01.03.1961 by the Historical Monuments Commission for South West Africa (HMC).
     

Description

Indeed the history behind the Heitsi Ghub is similar to the one behind the Heitsi-eibeb (see 022/1955), their appearance is different: Its layout and construction is neat.

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Brief History

Serves as a religious symbol and is all that remains of an indigenous custom that died out.
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