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Cave painting

In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The term usually implies prehistoric origin. Several groups of scientists suggest that the oldest of such paintings were created not by Homo sapiens, but by Denisovans and Neanderthals.

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related to Europe · 45
Cave painting → Altamira, Arcy-sur-Cure, Ariège, Badanj Cave, Bashkortostan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cabrerets, Cantabria, Cave, Caves, Chauvet Cave, Cosquer Cave, Cuevas, Cussac, Dordogne, Dordogne Valley, El Castillo, Font-de-Gaume, France
related to North Africa · 28
Cave painting → Ajjer, Akakus, Algeria, Ayr, BC, Beasts, Cave, Chad, Egypt, Gilf Kebir, Hungarian, Ice Age, Libya, László Almásy, Many, Mesak Settafet, Niger, October, Other, Sahara
related to Southeast Asia · 27
Cave painting → Burma, Central Thailand, Flores, In Indonesia, In Malaysia, In Thailand, Indonesia, Ivor Hugh Norman Evans, Kalimantan, Malaysia, Maluku, Mekong River, Nakorn Sawan Province, Negritos, Niah Caves National Park, Painted Cave, Papua, Petchabun Range, See, Sulawesi
related to Dating · 25
Cave painting → Before, But, Cueva, East Kalimantan, France, Ice Age, Indonesia, Indonesian Borneo, Initially, Liang Metanduno, Lubang Jeriji Saléh, Maltravieso, Maros-Pangkep, Monedas, Muna Island, Neanderthal, Nearly, South African, South Sulawesi, Spain
related to Subjects, themes, and patterns in cave painting · 25
Cave painting → But, Cave, Cave Art, Chauvet Cave, Climate Change, Dominique Baffier, Drawings, Earth’s, European, Forgotten Dreams, Images, Kieran, Lascaux, O'Hara, One, Paleolithic, Pigments, Scholars, Signs, Similarly
related to India · 19
Cave painting → Badami, BC, Executed, Gudahandi, Hiregudda, In Karnataka, In Odisha, In Tamil Nadu, India, Kilvalai, Kombaikadu, Nehanurpatti, Paleolithic Cave, Settavarai, Similar, The, The Ambadevi, The Bhimbetka, Yogimatha
related to Horn of Africa · 18
Cave painting → BC, BCE, CE, Dating, Dhambalin, Eritrea's, French, Hargeisa, In, Laas Geel, Mount Emba Soira, Much, Qohaito, Rock, Somali, Somaliland, The, They
related to External links · 17
Cave painting → Afghan, Art History, Art Research AssociationTour, August, BBC News, Borneo, Bradshaw Foundation The, European Prehistoric ArtAmerican Rock, Human Timeline, Indonesia, Interactive, Journey, Kalimantan, Le Kalimanthrope Rock, National Museum, Natural History, Smithsonian
related to The oldest specimens · 15
Cave painting → Ardales, Europe, Iberian Peninsula, Indonesia, La Pasiega, Maltravieso, Maros, More, Neanderthals, Represented, Spain, Sulawesi, The, They, Upper Paleolithic
related to Australia · 11
Cave painting → Arnhem Land Plateau, Australia, Genyornis, It, Kakadu, Kimberley, Ochre, Significant, Sometimes, The, They

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Cave paintingis adepiction of several human figures hunting pigs in the caves in the Maros-Pangkep karst of South Sulawesi0.90text
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modeling in clayinstance ofand patterns in cave paintingCave artists used a variety of techniques0.80text
engravingsinstance ofand patterns in cave paintingCave artists used a variety of techniques0.80text
bas-relief sculptureinstance ofand patterns in cave paintingCave artists used a variety of techniques0.80text
hand stencilsinstance ofand patterns in cave paintingCave artists used a variety of techniques0.80text
and paintings done in two or three colorsinstance ofand patterns in cave paintingCave artists used a variety of techniques0.80text
Salomon Reinachinstance ofscholars0.80text
Henri Breuilinstance ofscholars0.80text
Count Bégouëninstance ofscholars0.80text
donkeysinstance oflimestone cave decorated with scenes of animals0.80text
camelsinstance oflimestone cave decorated with scenes of animals0.80text

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