Amazing Greek Cave Art Found to be Over 11,000 Years Old

[Judi Lynn]

By Philip Chrysopoulos - Apr 11, 2018



Archaeologists have discovered in a cave in Crete what is probably the earliest Greek art, dating back to the last Ice Age, according to the Journal of Archaeological Science.

The artwork found in Asphendou Cave is the earliest known Greek portrayal of extinct animals and is more than 11,000 years old.

Speaking to the journal, Dr Thomas Strasser of Providence College, Rhode Island said: “This is the first palaeolithic art ever found in Greece and it’s significant because it deepens the history of art there by many thousands of years, and is like an eyewitness account of Ice Age Crete.

“Archaeological and palaeontological information, as well as new technologies unavailable to earlier scholars, offer evidence to confirm a palaeolithic date for the earliest carvings.

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