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Lascaux cave (video)

Posted in Animals, Art, Europe, France, Lascaux, Magdalenian, Parietal art, Solutrean, Upper Palaeolithic, Video on June 3rd, 2009 by Daniel – Comments Off

Well, I don’t know about everything in this video, but it’s interesting nevertheless.

Przewalski’s wild horses (video)

Posted in Animals, Art, Europe, France, Lascaux, Parietal art, Przewalski's wild horse, Upper Palaeolithic, Video on May 28th, 2009 by Daniel – 2 Comments

"Chinese" horse from Lascaux cave, Dordogne, France (Przewalski's wild horse)

"Chinese" horse from Lascaux cave, Dordogne, France (Przewalski's wild horse)

Representations of Przewalski’s wild horse (Equus ferus przewalskii or Equus przewalskii) account for around 25 percent of all Upper Palaeolithic parietal animal images, and must have held some special meaning for prehistoric hunter-gatherers.