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Southern Africa's first known stenciled rock art found hiding in plain sight

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–Rank now
#21Peak rank
1Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 29, 2026First seen

On Hacker News

Points
7
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Submitted by
wglb
Posted
Oct 27, 2026
Site
phys.org

Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on phys.org.

Trending history

Southern Africa's first known stenciled rock art found hiding in plain sight was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 29, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 17 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #21 of 30, reached on Oct 29, 16:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 29, 17:07 UTC.

This page has little history so far; it stays out of search results until the item has trended on two days or has more context.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 13:0714:0715:0716:0717:07 Oct 29, 13:07 UTC · #30Oct 29, 13:22 UTC · #30Oct 29, 13:37 UTC · #30Oct 29, 13:52 UTC · #29Oct 29, 14:07 UTC · #29Oct 29, 14:22 UTC · #29Oct 29, 14:37 UTC · #29Oct 29, 14:52 UTC · #29Oct 29, 15:07 UTC · #25Oct 29, 15:22 UTC · #26Oct 29, 15:37 UTC · #27Oct 29, 15:52 UTC · #27Oct 29, 16:07 UTC · #23Oct 29, 16:22 UTC · #23Oct 29, 16:37 UTC · #24Oct 29, 16:52 UTC · #21Oct 29, 17:07 UTC · #22

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0122335 13:0714:0715:0716:0717:07 Oct 29, 13:07 UTC · 6Oct 29, 13:22 UTC · 9Oct 29, 13:37 UTC · 12Oct 29, 13:52 UTC · 17Oct 29, 14:07 UTC · 19Oct 29, 14:22 UTC · 22Oct 29, 14:37 UTC · 24Oct 29, 14:52 UTC · 24Oct 29, 15:07 UTC · 26Oct 29, 15:22 UTC · 27Oct 29, 15:37 UTC · 27Oct 29, 15:52 UTC · 29Oct 29, 16:07 UTC · 30Oct 29, 16:22 UTC · 32Oct 29, 16:37 UTC · 33Oct 29, 16:52 UTC · 35Oct 29, 17:07 UTC · 35

Questions

Is Southern Africa's first known stenciled rock art found hiding in plain sight trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 29, 17:07 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Southern Africa's first known stenciled rock art found hiding in plain sight reached?

#21 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 29, 16:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Southern Africa's first known stenciled rock art found hiding in plain sight been trending?

It was first seen on Oct 29, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (17 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

7 points and 0 comments; submitted by wglb on Oct 27, 2026.