Discovered in autumn 2007, residents of Beenyo Dhaadheer reported the rock art to the Somali archaeologist Sada Mire, Director of the Department of Archaeology within the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Somaliland.

[1] The images provide an important link to the rock art of the Horn of Africa, particularly in their representation of its pastoral cultures and fauna.

[1] The nearest town is Beenyo Dhaadheer, a small rural village about 60 kilometers east of the port city of Berbera.

Due to wind erosion and porosity, portions of the rock fragments are broken off while paintings are visible on the remaining ruins.

Similarities are noted with the rock art in Jilib Rihin and Haadh that were found in the Togdheer region by Sada Mire also in 2007.

Of the wildlife, there are at least eight giraffes (which are now extinct in Somaliland[6]) in different colors, a turtle, antelopes, lions, snakes, baboon-like animal and a wild cat.