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The images in red, yellow, black and white depict humans, animals and insects, as well as skyscapes and abstract scenes.
The paintings were found in 11 different sites - but the walls of one cave were covered with 1,550 scenes.
The area in which they were found was previously thought not to have been inhabited by ancient cultures.
In one cave more than 1,550 images were found, including an image of an atlatl, a Hispanic weapon used for hunting that has not been seen before in paintings in the Tamaulipas region.
Originally posted by 2Unknown
well its unbelivable that the paint is still visible after 5 thousand years..
did they draw with blood?
Originally posted by 2Unknown
well its unbelivable that the paint is still visible after 5 thousand years..
did they draw with blood?
Gustavo Ramirez, an archaeologist from the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology (INAH), said: “The discovery is important because we have documented the presence of pre-Hispanic groups in Burgos, where before it was said there was nothing.”
Martha Garcia Sanchez, another archaeologist involved in the study, said that very little is known about the ethnic groups who lived in the caves.
“These groups escaped the Spanish rule for almost 200 years because they fled to the Sierra de San Carlos where they had water, plants and animals to feed themselves,” she said.
“We have not found any ancient objects linked to the context, and because the paintings are on ravine walls and in the rainy season the sediments are washed away, all we have in gravel,” said Ramirez.
Originally posted by 2Unknown
well its unbelivable that the paint is still visible after 5 thousand years..
did they draw with blood?
Originally posted by rickymouse
I see a golf club, super eight logo, a roundpoint shovel, candle holder from a church, and a lot of other things I know. I doubt if that's what they are though Is that Tiger woods in the second picture
The color seems too sharp to be very old. There could be seven hundred years of graffiti.edit on 23-5-2013 by rickymouse because: (no reason given)