An engraving thought to be 10,000 years old has been uncovered in a cave, British researchers said Monday. The series of inscribed crosses -- found on the wall of the Aveline's Hole cave in Somerset, southwest England -- are thought to date from the early Mesolithic period just after the Ice Age.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Tuesday, February 8, 2005
10,000-year-old Etchings Found In English Cave
An engraving thought to be 10,000 years old has been uncovered in a cave, British researchers said Monday. The series of inscribed crosses -- found on the wall of the Aveline's Hole cave in Somerset, southwest England -- are thought to date from the early Mesolithic period just after the Ice Age.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Labels:
cave paintings,
prehistoric art,
prehistoric caves,
UK
Location:
Verenigd Koninkrijk