ARCHAEOLOGY

The Komati River was the main commercial artery of the ancient gold producing region known as Komatiland. This region was prospected and traded during the first and early second millenium AD by Dravidian gold seekers (from South India) along with emerging Hottentots and Bantu speakers. Throughout this region the ancient prospectors and traders constructed numerous shrines, temples and other structures visible today as stone ruins. Many such ruins are found in the Doornkop Conservancy.

Ruins of the Dying Sun Chariot Temple

The most impressive and best investigated of these ruins are those of "The Dying Sun Chariot Temple" which incorporates Doornkop as its central feature. The front arch of the chariot aims at the egg shaped summit of Doornkop where the dying sun of the winter solstice sets at about 16h50 on the 21^st June.

Sun setting in the month of May as seen from the Dying Sun Chariot Temple. The Quanda (egg shaped summit) of Doornkop is about 1.7km away slightly to the right of the setting sun.

Acknowledgement for this information is given to Dr. Cyril Hromnik and J.C. van Niekerk who have studied and mapped the site of The Dying Sun Chariot since 1983.

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