Ancient cave with distinguished engravings depicting scenes of animals discovered in Sinai

Ahram Online ^ | Sunday 26 Apr 2020 | Nevine El-Aref

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An ancient cave decorated with distinguished engravings depicting scenes of animals has been discovered at Wadi Al-Zulma in North Sinai.

"The newly discovered cave is the first of its kind to be discovered in the area," said Aymen Ashmawi, head of the ancient Egyptian antiquities sector at the Ministry of Antiquities.

Ashmawi explained that the scenes carved inside the cave are completely different from those found in South Sinai, having a special artistic style that resembles raised relief in execution.

Studies are underway to determine their date.

Hisham Hussein, head of the discovery mission, said that most of the discovered scenes are carved along the cave's inner walls and depict animals, including camels, deer, mules, mountain goats and donkeys.

The remains of circular stone buildings have been discovered around 200 metres southwest of the cave. These likely constitute the remains of an ancient settlement.

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Ahram Online

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Here are the links to the rest of the images, I don't want to waste their bandwidth each time someone visits this thread, nor do I want to field any more "you call that a graphic" complaints.

• http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2020/4/26/2020-637234970527844939-784.jpg
• http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2020/4/26/2020-637234970528626103-862.jpg
• http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2020/4/26/2020-637234970529407233-940.jpg
• http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2020/4/26/2020-637234970530500875-50.jpg
• http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2020/4/26/2020-637234970531470483-147.jpg
• http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2020/4/26/2020-637234970532251677-225.jpg

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[Grimmy]

Educational flash cards before flash cards became portable :P

[Defiant]

How long til the muzzies decide to destroy the pictures, because they are depictions, instead of squiggles and lines.

[rktman]

Don’t let the moose limbs know, they’ll blow it up real good.

[rktman]

LOL! I saw your post after I did mine. We are really clever you know.

[SunkenCiv]

https://faculty.ucr.edu/%7Elegneref/bronze/bronze.htm

http://www.google.com/search?q=barry+fell+ogham+rebus

[Grimmy]

Cool. Thanks.

[Honest Nigerian]

Thanks. I was trying to figure out where to get some LSD so I could see what was there./s
BTW - that last link is dead-ish.

[Bob Ireland]

Is that Old-Joe Biden smelling that animal's hair?

[datura]

The Sinai is an amazing place, I would love to go back there again someday...

[Beowulf9]

Interesting. A more original, more gifted artist? Seems to have forms down well.

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• Whoops. http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2020/4/26/2020-637234970532251677-225.jpg

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember reading on FR years ago, that around 1890, some ruins in Lebanon or Syria was found to contain Roman depictions of life back then.

A year later, the archaeologists returned and found the faces of the depictions destroyed by the moslems.

They are like a wolverine. Devour what you can, foul and destroy the rest.

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Studies are underway to determine their date.

• The Latest Challenge to the Bible's Accuracy: Abraham's Anachronistic Camels? [2014]
• Camel bones suggest error in Bible, archaeologists say [2014]
• Fossils prove that giant camels once roamed the Arctic [2013]
• Camels' Humps Originated in the Arctic [2013]
• Ancient Arctic camel a curious conundrum [2013]
• Fossil Camel Discovered in Oklahoma by Oil Workers [2013]

[SunkenCiv]

I wonder if they're more or less modern.

[bunkerhill7]

Voila! The world’s first bas-relief!

[SunkenCiv]

:^) And it was a long time between that invention, and Ebenezer Scrooge's bas-humbug-relief.

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Oryx?