December 5th, 2020
Great Rock Art Discovery made in the Columbian Amazon
A groundbreaking discovery of ancient rock art in the Amazon rain forest of Columbia has led to observers calling this the Sistine Chapel of the Ancients.
Tens of thousands of paintings of animals and humans created at 10,500 BCE stretch eight miles on cliff faces. Depictions of now extinct animals like the mastodon, camelids, giant sloths, ice age horses tell us the date of these paintings. This discovery will take generations to study.
The discovery was made by a British-Colombian team, funded by the European Research Council. Its leader is José Iriarte, professor of archaeology at Exeter University and a leading expert on the Amazon and pre-Columbian history.
The images include fish, turtles, lizards and birds, as well as people dancing and holding hands, among other scenes. One figure wears a mask resembling a bird with a beak.
Many of the images are high up, some so high they could only be reached by drones. There are depictions of wooden towers among the paintings.
Many of these large animals appear surrounded by small men with their arms raised, almost worshipping these animals. Hallucinogenic plants are also portrayed.
Remains of the Ice Age meals of the inhabitants were also found at the site.
Some of the animals depicted could not have lived in the jungle, so the area must have been savanna like at that date.
There are many more paintings to be discovered there and will be explored when Covid is gone.
You can see this discovery on the Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon series. It is covered in episode 2 on Amazon on December 12.
The Guardian has the story here with many photos;
And here is a short You Tube video of the discovery.
https://youtu.be/Aaezu7rQwfk
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