Cave Painting in Indonesia was older than the European – Svali.ru

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Rice terraces in Bali (Bali), Indonesia.

Papuans, Baliem Valley (Baliem Valley), the island of New Guinea, Irian Jaya (Irian Jaya), Indonesia.

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10-10-2014 19:53 Cave Painting in Indonesia was over Europe Cave Painting in Indonesia, whose age about 40 thousand years, shows that at the beginning of this art was not the exclusive prerogative of the Western Europeans. On the island of Sulawesi analyzed discovered 100 years ago, the rock paintings in which clearly visible image of the palm. Hand-painted in an Indonesian cave was made 39,900 years ago, making it one of the oldest such in the world. This was reported by archaeologists in the new study, which completely rewrites the history of art. The paintings adorn the walls of caves and shelters at the foot of limestone hills that rise from the surrounding rice fields near Maros, in the south-western part of Sulawesi. The caves were discovered Victorian era naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who spent several months in Maros, collecting butterflies, although initially he did not even notice the abundant rock paintings. www.svali.ru