Image Credit : University of Alicante
Posted on 05/27/2023 2:45:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists From the University of Alicante Have Discovered Cave Paintings in Penáguila, Spain.
The team were conducting a drone survey of the Castellet-Barranc del Salt ravine and Port de Penáguila, revealing Neolithic cave paintings from 7,000-years-ago.
The survey is part of a pioneering project, enabling the researchers to study inaccessible mountain shelters by photographing and recording videos of the walls in 18 shallow cavities using small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s).
Two of the shelters contained wall paintings, with the most notable being in the del Salt ravine that contains painted figures of anthropomorphic archers, in addition to depictions of deer and goats, some of which appear wounded with arrows...
According to the researchers, the discovery has led to one of the most important Neolithic rock art sites documented in the Valencian Community in recent decades and may be “the beginning of many other discoveries that will occur in the coming years in shelters that have gone unnoticed because they were located in areas with very difficult access,” added Hernández.
(Excerpt) Read more at heritagedaily.com ...
So how did the ancient indigenous graffiti artists reach the inaccessible caves?
When there wasn’t even any Hollywood.
Since the ancient Egyptians had power tools, and ancient India had nuclear weapons, obviously, these people had jetpacks.
How did ancient artists see what they painted without a fire, choking smoke, and dangerously low (or deadly) oxygen levels?
Anyone ever experience complete cave darkness before? You literally cannot see your fingers directly in front of your eyes.
And, what ancient art lover would ever be stupid enough to venture deep into a cave system to look at art work he could barely see with an oxygen consuming torch?
Basic human survival instincts make it hard to believe that people were risking life and limb to paint, or view, this cave art thousands of years ago.
If you enjoy happy/fun science fiction a story called “Cave of the Dancing Deer” describes a modern-day anthropologist who befriends a local who helps him explore a Pyrenees cave. Turns out the man cannot die, and has lived 40,000 years in a youthful state so has to move frequently when people start to realize something is up.
What is this from?
Must’ve hitched rides on ancient drones.
Standing on really deep snow?
The cave paintings were using drones? That I'd like to see!
Thanks, I had seen this but I didn’t know where it came from.
Cavemen had drones?........................
Years ago, here in Florida, cave divers discovered the remains of campfires and bones of mammoths and other animals inside underwater limestone caves several yards down under the water...............................
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