Cave Painting

AFRICAN ROCK PAINTINGS At Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg , South Africa , now thought to be some 3,000 years old, the paintings by the San people who settled in the area some 8,000 years ago depict animals and humans, and are thought to represent religious beliefs. Cave paintings are found in the Tassili N'Ajjer mountains in southeast Algeria also in the Akakus , Messak Settafet and Tadrart in Libya and other Sahara regions including: Ayr mountains, Niger and Tibesti, Chad. AUSTRALIAN ROCK PAINTINGS Significant early cave paintings have also been found in Australia . Ochre paintings in Kakadu National Park in Northern Australia. The Park has a large collection of Ochre paintings. Ochre is a not an Organic Material , so Carbon Dating of these pictures is impossible. Sometimes the approximate date or, at least, an epoch, can be guessed from the content.
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