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Lydenburg is a town that was established by King Sobhuza of The Swaziland Kingdom after a Voortrekker Boer called by the name Piet Retief ran to King of the Swaziland Kingdom (which to this day presently is the last remaining Absolute Monarch the whole world) currently called Eswatini ruled by King Mswati The 3rd of the Dlamini lineage of royal blood,Piet Retief asked for refuge while being chased by Winston Churchill regiment of the British Royal Army then King Sobhuza gave Piet Retief a place to hide which is called Lydenburg now presently gazzeted as Emashishing in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislative government

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English: The Lydenburg heads are the earliest known examples of African sculpture in Southern Africa.

Two of the heads are large enough to have been worn as ceremonial helmet masks. The other five smaller heads have a hole on either side of the neck, by which they could have been attached to a pole or costume during a performance.

One of the small heads has an animal-like nose and mouth, which would have been of symbolic importance to the makers of the heads.
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Lydenburg a place where you will find ornaments that date up to 2000 years ago

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Emashishing

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Lydenburg heads

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2 July 2014

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