On his return to Europe, he published a book detailing his experiences which included descriptions of unusual rock formations that he believed to be ruins of hitherto unknown buildings.
Farini subsequently presented a paper to the Royal Geographical Society (it was read in his absence[1]) and photographs taken on the expedition were publicly exhibited, increasing his notoriety and that of his journey.
Rude sculptured blocks from the red sand project, And shapeless uncouth stones appear, Some great man's ashes designed to protect, Buried many a thousand year.
F. R. Paver and Dr. W. M. Borcherds headed out from Upington to search the desert sands, flying over the area in reconnaissance aircraft and subsequently suggesting a number of explanations.
Clement had found a geological curiosity, dating back 180 million years to the great upheaval accompanying the birth of the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa.