Gallery: Europe's Oldest Rock Art

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Decorated Rocks

The east side of the Vallon de Castel - Merle with Abri Blanchard in the distance and Abri Castanet to the immediate right . Abri Castanet is the situation of what seem to be the honest-to-god rock carvings in Europe .

Ancient Carving

A female sexual urge organ carved in bas - relief at Abri Castanet

Partial Horse

A partial draught of a knight outlined in smuggled and painted bolshy at Abri Castanet in France .

Vulva Carving

A carved paradigm of a vulva from Abri Castanet .

Abri Castanet Vulva

Images of female genitalia predominate at Abri Castanet .

Female Genitalia Carving

A vulva carving associated with other , unidentifiable carvings .

Unidentifiable Animal

Researchers are n’t sure what animal an ancient creative person was stress to delineate - it could be a bison , or perhaps a horse .

One of the many vulva carving at Abri Castanet , France .

Ancient Firepit

The archeological site of an ancient firepit at Abri Castanet . The carvings were done on the ceiling of a stone shelter that collapse presently after .

Fireplaces

Two firepits at Abri Castanet .

Castanet Excavation

A view of the excavation situation at Castanet . The central sector has not yet been excavate , while the southern sector has been research since 1995 .

Abri Castanet, the site of Europe’s oldest rock carvings.

A carved vulva found at Abri Castanet

Partial horse drawing at Abri Castanet.

A carved vulva found at Abri Castanet

A vulva carving at Abri Castanet

An animal drawing at Abri Castanet

A vulva carving at Abri Castanet

A firepit at Abri Castanet

Fireplace at Abri Castanet

Abri Castanet, the site of Europe’s oldest rock carvings.

A whitish stone tool is stuck into a piece of brown wood with greyish tar. There is a hole drilled into the wood.

Small ivory diving bird sculpture pointed down at a 45-degree angle against a royal blue background

Stone-lined tomb.

A view of many bones laid out on a table and labeled

View from above of a newly excavated room at Pompeii; there are columns close to the interior walls, which are painted red with images of people and mythical beings. Vesuvius rises in the background.

a photograph of an antler with carvings

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This squat lobster seems to be the star of the Endurance shipwreck.

The taffrail and ship’s wheel.

This skull from Peru has a metal implant. If it is authentic then it would be a potentially unique find from the ancient Andes.

Weapons found in two castles in Japan could be ninja weapons, with some of the weapons possibly being the forerunners to the throwing star. Here, a hand-colored illustration of mid-18th century Japan and two ninjas.

Archaeologists found more than 20 Terracotta Warriors in one of the pits around the tomb of the 1st emperor of China. One of those pits is shown here.