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Excavated cave paintings

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Verified14 Widely accepted2 Contested1 Hypothetical0 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Cave paintings17 Rock art sites17 Archaeological wonders15 Petroglyphs1 Shelter arts1

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🇫🇷France5 🇪🇸Spain4 🇲🇳Mongolia2 🇹🇩Chad1 🇺🇿Uzbekistan1

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Excavation ongoing10 Partially excavated5 Excavated2

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magdalenian5 unesco5 bison3 cantabria3 hand stencil3 ochre3 polychrome3

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🇦🇲Armenia

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🇿🇦South Africa1

🇧🇷Brazil1

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Cave paintings

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Pech Merle Cave

Gravettian to Solutrean ~29–20 ka BP · Gravettian hunter-gatherer

Quercy cave with Spotted Horses and 307 hand stencils, 25 ka Gravettian masterpiece.

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🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art

Altamira Cave

Solutrean–Magdalenian ~18–14 ka BP · Solutrean/Magdalenian Cantabrian

Great Ceiling of polychrome bison — the Paleolithic Sistine Chapel at Santillana del Mar.