Cave of Altamira

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Painting · c. 16,000 BC · Santillana del Mar, Cantabria · Europe

First cave art recognised as Paleolithic (1879): polychrome bison on the ceiling

Cave of Altamira — José-Manuel Benito · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Paleolithic cave painting — Animals of the hunters' world in ochre and charcoal on cave walls — the first images people made
Century: Prehistory

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