A man came to my office in Hargeisa [capital of Somaliland]. He took me to a place a few kilometers from his village. The paintings appeared before m… - Sada Mire

Sometimes the cattle are represented as necks or horns, a pictorial shorthand that was evidently sufficient to convey meaning.

Yes, but we didn't have a chance to study them erly. We just recorded them and secured them. I don't excavate because there's not even a museum in Somaliland where these objects could be stored and properly studied.

When you are not a member of the United Nations, you cannot sign many legal acts, such as the World Heritage Convention. Funds that are available to other countries are unobtainable for us. In addition, we do not have a law on the protection of national heritage that would allow us to secure sites.