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Related: About this forum12,500 year old rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest (in Colombia)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/nov/29/sistine-chapel-of-the-ancients-rock-art-discovered-in-remote-amazon-forestTheir date is based partly on their depictions of now-extinct ice age animals, such as the mastodon, a prehistoric relative of the elephant that hasnt roamed South America for at least 12,000 years. There are also images of the palaeolama, an extinct camelid, as well as giant sloths and ice age horses.
These animals were all seen and painted by some of the very first humans ever to reach the Amazon. Their pictures give a glimpse into a lost, ancient civilisation. Such is the sheer scale of paintings that they will take generations to study.
The discovery was made last year, but has been kept secret until now as it was filmed for a major Channel 4 series to be screened in December: Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon.
The site is in the Serranía de la Lindosa where, along with the Chiribiquete national park, other rock art had been found. The documentarys presenter, Ella Al-Shamahi, an archaeologist and explorer, told the Observer: The new site is so new, they havent even given it a name yet.
These animals were all seen and painted by some of the very first humans ever to reach the Amazon. Their pictures give a glimpse into a lost, ancient civilisation. Such is the sheer scale of paintings that they will take generations to study.
The discovery was made last year, but has been kept secret until now as it was filmed for a major Channel 4 series to be screened in December: Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon.
The site is in the Serranía de la Lindosa where, along with the Chiribiquete national park, other rock art had been found. The documentarys presenter, Ella Al-Shamahi, an archaeologist and explorer, told the Observer: The new site is so new, they havent even given it a name yet.
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12,500 year old rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest (in Colombia) (Original Post)
eShirl
Nov 2020
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True Dough
(17,304 posts)1. Still not as old as
Keith Richards!
WillParkinson
(16,862 posts)6. Well....
Let's be honest. What is?
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)2. Fascinating! nt
Martin Eden
(12,864 posts)3. Way Cool
Thanks for sharing.
mopinko
(70,099 posts)4. so freakin beautiful.
and so much of it. puts the pyramids to shame,
niyad
(113,302 posts)5. Wow! Thank you for sharing!