Serra da Capivara.
Serra da Capivara National Park in northeast Brazil is home to many rock shelters decorated with cave paintings. The prehistoric paintings including scenes of ritual, hunting, painting trees and animals capivaras (capybara is the largest rodent species that still exist). Some scientists believe that the cave paintings here were created 25,000 years ago. This is disputed by some geneticists because it would conflict with the date of the first human settlements in the United States generally accepted.
Laas Gaal.
Laas Gaal is a complex of caves and rock shelters in northwest Somalia that contains some of the earliest rock art known in the Horn of Africa and the African continent in general. Prehistoric painting is thought to have originated between 11,000 and 5,000 years ago. These paintings show a cow in the ceremony along with humans, dogs and even giraffes. The cave paintings are very well preserved maintaining clear lines and strong colors.
Tadrart Acacus.
Tadrart Acacus form a mountain in the western Sahara desert Libya. This area is known for painting stone that comes from 12,000 BC to 100 AD. This prehistoric paintings reflect the changing environment of the Sahara desert that used to have a wetter climate. Nine thousand years ago the Sahara was a green environment with lakes and forests as well as large herds of wild animals such as giraffes, elephants and ostriches, as demonstrated by the rock paintings in Tadrart Acacus.
Chauvet Cave.
Chauvet cave in southern France contains some prehistoric paintings known in the world. Based on radiocarbon dating of the oldest paintings in this cave may be up to 32,000 years. The cave was discovered in 1994 by Jean-Marie Chauvet and his team of speleologists. These paintings contain images of animals such as the ibex, the giant, horses, lions, bears, rhinos and lions. Sophisticated techniques such as the use of perspective is clearly shown in the 'panel of horses' that shows some of the animals in the same field.
Rock Painting Kakadu.
Located in the Northern Territory of Australia, Kakadu National Park contains one of the largest concentrations of Australian Aboriginal art sites. Around 5000 art sites have been found along the slopes of Kakadu and the rock outliers. Aboriginal prehistoric paintings estimated to range between 20,000 years until recently even though most of the paintings are less than 1500 years old. The site at Ubirr has some of the best examples of "Art X-ray (X-ray art)" in the world. Aboriginal painting not only outside but also bone organs and internal organs of animals.
Caves of Altamira.
Discovered in the late 19th century, Altamira cave in northern Spain is the first cave where prehistoric paintings discovered. Paintings it has exceptional quality that the scientific community doubted their authenticity and even accused its discoverer, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola forgery. Many people who do not believe that prehistoric humans had the intellectual capacity to produce all types of artistic expression. However, in 1902 these paintings to be authentic. Charcoal and ocher paintings of horses, bison and handprints on the Altamira Cave is one of the best preserved cave paintings in the world.
Lascaux paintings.
Dubbed the "Sistine Chapel of prehistory", the Cave of Lascaux is a complex of caves in southwestern France dotted with some of the most impressive cave paintings and famous in the world. Lascaux prehistoric paintings estimated 17,000 years old. Most of cave paintings located quite far from the entrance and logic has been created with the help of candlelight. The most famous cave paintings are The Great Hall of the Bulls where cows, horses, and deer portrayed. One of the cows in the painting has a length of 5.2 meters (17 feet), is the largest animal paintings ever found in the cave.
Because of the damage caused by too many people who visit this cave, Lascaux paintings have been permanently closed to the public. The French government has built Lascaux II near the site where tourists can see the copy of the original cave. Thank you for reading this article.
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