Anthropology

Judi Lynn

(162,381 posts) Wed Nov 17, 2021, 03:37 AM Nov 2021

Incredible Cave Paintings 8 Miles-Long Revealed Deep in Amazon Forest: The Sistine Chapel of Ancient

Incredible Cave Paintings 8 Miles-Long Revealed Deep in Amazon Forest: The Sistine Chapel of Ancients
By Andy Corbley -Nov 15, 2021

GIPRI Colombia/YouTube

Tens of thousands of pristine cave paintings were found daubed across an eight-mile stretch of rock in a once-in-a-century discovery in Colombia’s Amazon rainforest.

Hailed as the “Sistine Chapel of the Ancients,” it’s the kind of discovery that changes the world of archaeology.

Believed to be 12,500 years old, the art is extremely detailed, and includes handprints and depictions of Ice Age megafauna like the mastodon, a relative of the mammoth, Ice Age horses, and giant ground sloths.

The discovery, made in Chiribiquete National Park in the south of Colombia, was actually made in 2019 but was kept quiet to be revealed in a major documentary called Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon.

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https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/colombian-cave-painting-discovery-hailed-as-sistine/

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Incredible Cave Paintings 8 Miles-Long Revealed Deep in Amazon Forest: The Sistine Chapel of Ancient (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2021 OP

WOW!!! Duppers Nov 2021 #1

Thank you. ❤ littlemissmartypants Nov 2021 #2

Are there public tours of this? multigraincracker Nov 2021 #3

Not quite yet, as they're still trying to study it a little longer. From the article: Judi Lynn Nov 2021 #4

I can see their point. multigraincracker Nov 2021 #6

Shazam! ZZenith Nov 2021 #5

Lots of different kinds of waves and dotted squares nuxvomica Nov 2021 #7

Like Ayers Rock in the jungle. SergeStorms Nov 2021 #8

Never knew those tribes were that advanced in electronics. I can see.... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2021 #9

I think of it as early photo journalism Walleye Nov 2021 #10

KnR Hekate Nov 2021 #11

Fantastic! Ty! electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #12

Am I to understand this is an exquisite 8-mile stretch of cliff paintings, not cave art? Brother Buzz Dec 2021 #13

Duppers

(28,246 posts)

1. WOW!!!

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Wed Nov 17, 2021, 04:06 AM

Nov 2021

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littlemissmartypants

(25,483 posts)

2. Thank you. ❤

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Wed Nov 17, 2021, 04:32 AM

Nov 2021

multigraincracker

(34,075 posts)

3. Are there public tours of this?

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Wed Nov 17, 2021, 04:36 AM

Nov 2021

I might just save up enough to go see it. Adding it to my bucket list.

Judi Lynn

(162,381 posts)

4. Not quite yet, as they're still trying to study it a little longer. From the article:

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 17, 2021, 04:57 AM

Nov 2021

The discovery, made in Chiribiquete National Park in the south of Colombia, was actually made in 2019 but was kept quiet to be revealed in a major documentary called Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon.

Presumably, archaeologists also want to preserve as much time to study the art alone as they can, as the news could draw tourists, or even looters and artifact hunters to the site.

Thieves, looters, vandals are the absolute worst for irreplaceable artifacts!

multigraincracker

(34,075 posts)

6. I can see their point.

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Wed Nov 17, 2021, 05:06 AM

Nov 2021

Is that documentary out yet?

ZZenith

(4,321 posts)

5. Shazam!

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Wed Nov 17, 2021, 05:06 AM

Nov 2021

Someone was chronicling the times, for sure.

Would love to know what those square waves represent.

nuxvomica

(12,878 posts)

7. Lots of different kinds of waves and dotted squares

Reply to ZZenith (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 17, 2021, 05:19 AM

Nov 2021

I think the counts of each are significant. Maybe the waves are time units, or distance, or one or the other based on the type of wave.

SergeStorms

(19,312 posts)

8. Like Ayers Rock in the jungle.

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Wed Nov 17, 2021, 05:47 AM

Nov 2021

If Ayers Rock had thick, lush vegetation all over it, it would likely look quite the same.

Ayers Rock is revered by the indigenous people of Australia, and no doubt this outcropping was considered a holy place or a place of power by South America's indigenous people.

Fascinating. What stories will be revealed after careful study? What a find!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,595 posts)

9. Never knew those tribes were that advanced in electronics. I can see....

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Wed Nov 17, 2021, 06:55 AM

Nov 2021

square waves, Lissajous patterns and triangle oscilloscope waves and TV test patterns they've documented......

Just kidding of course but I am amazed at the precision of their drawings and would like to learn more about their techniques and the meanings of the symbols.

Let's hope the archaeologists thoroughly document this wonderful site before allowing the public in. Perhaps the government can block off and isolate some sections for preservation.

Thanks for posting, Judi Lynn!......