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Judi Lynn

(162,379 posts) Wed Apr 11, 2018, 10:28 PM Apr 2018

Amazing Greek Cave Art Found to be Over 11,000 Years Old


By Philip Chrysopoulos - Apr 11, 2018



Archaeologists have discovered in a cave in Crete what is probably the earliest Greek art, dating back to the last Ice Age, according to the Journal of Archaeological Science.

The artwork found in Asphendou Cave is the earliest known Greek portrayal of extinct animals and is more than 11,000 years old.

Speaking to the journal, Dr Thomas Strasser of Providence College, Rhode Island said: “This is the first palaeolithic art ever found in Greece and it’s significant because it deepens the history of art there by many thousands of years, and is like an eyewitness account of Ice Age Crete.

“Archaeological and palaeontological information, as well as new technologies unavailable to earlier scholars, offer evidence to confirm a palaeolithic date for the earliest carvings.

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http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/04/11/amazing-greek-cave-art-found-to-be-over-11000-years-old/
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Amazing Greek Cave Art Found to be Over 11,000 Years Old (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2018 OP
Fascinating.....drawing of extinct animal from the Ice Age CatMor Apr 2018 #1
I love Greeks. They brought us democracy. 3Hotdogs Apr 2018 #2
You know, I don't find that carving primitive or crude at all- It's quite elegant. NBachers Apr 2018 #3
ohm myyyyy! AllaN01Bear Apr 2018 #4

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2. I love Greeks. They brought us democracy.
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Wed Apr 11, 2018, 10:59 PM
Apr 2018

In fact, one of them may have saved our modern democracy. His name is Popadopoulos.

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