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archaeologicalnews:
When the site of Wadi Sura II was discovered in Egypt’s Western Desert in 2002, researchers were taken aback at the thousands of decorations painted on the walls of the rock shelter as much as 8,000 years earlier. Not only are there wild animals, human figures, and odd headless creatures that have led people to nickname it the “Cave of the Beasts,” but also hundreds of outlines of human handprints — more than had ever been seen before at a Saharan rock art site.
Even more unusual are outlines of 13 tiny handprints. Until the discovery of Wadi Sura II, the stenciled hands and feet of very small children had been seen in Australian rock art, but never in the Sahara. One notable, touching scene even features a pair of "baby" hands nestled inside the outlines of a larger, adult pair.
Now it gets even odder: The tiny hands aren’t even human. Read more.
I am so fascinated by this kind of thing I can’t even tell you.
archaeologicalnews:
When the site of Wadi Sura II was discovered in Egypt’s Western Desert in 2002, researchers were taken aback at the thousands of decorations painted on the walls of the rock shelter as much as 8,000 years earlier. Not only are there wild animals, human figures, and odd headless creatures that have led people to nickname it the “Cave of the Beasts,” but also hundreds of outlines of human handprints — more than had ever been seen before at a Saharan rock art site.
Even more unusual are outlines of 13 tiny handprints. Until the discovery of Wadi Sura II, the stenciled hands and feet of very small children had been seen in Australian rock art, but never in the Sahara. One notable, touching scene even features a pair of "baby" hands nestled inside the outlines of a larger, adult pair.
Now it gets even odder: The tiny hands aren’t even human. Read more.
I am so fascinated by this kind of thing I can’t even tell you.
