Posted: Oct 15, 2016 12:43 am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37654544
B.B.C. Article
Cave art as much as 14,500 years old has been pronounced "the most spectacular and impressive" ever discovered on the Iberian peninsula.
[size=85An annotated illustration of some of the etchings ][/size]
About 50 etchings were found in the Basque town of Lekeitio.
They include horses, bison, goats and - in a radical departure from previously discovered Palaeolithic art in the Biscay province - two lions.
Some depictions are also much bigger than those found previously - with one horse about 150cm (4ft 11in) long.
"It is a wonder, a treasure of humanity," senior Biscay official Unai Rementeria said.
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