Glad you asked that! I"m not sure of the year but it was twentieth century. a Girl mayvbe in her teens was hiking with her landowner-amateur explorer father in altamira, Spain(approximately High View) She discoved cave painings of bulls on the walls and yelled out (Toros!) ion SApa niosh.l daddy thought the kid was nut but heToo saw the bulls. In a sense this was the only scientific discovery(not an invention_ That was made by a juvenile and perhap syou might say remote ancestor of the cartoon charactr Dopra The Explorer as the Girl was Spajmnoish, her father was a local landlord type c alled a Hidalgo. No Bull! its true.
Spain :D
Prehistoris art
the cave
According to Greek mythology, Zeus was believed to have been born on the Greek island of Crete in a cave known as Diktaean Cave or Ideon Cave. This cave is located on Mount Ida, which is in present-day Crete, Greece.
Odysseus and his men walked into the cave during the day.
the callubu did
the Altamira cave painting
The Altamira caves are famous for prehistoric cave paintings.
Spain :D
If you mean Altamira in Spain, the site of the famous prehistoric (paleolithic) cave paintings, then no, there is no cathedral there.
Altamira is a municipality located in northern Spain. It is known for its Paleolithic cave art, particularly in the Cave of Altamira. The cave is famous for its stunning paintings of animals and hands, which date back thousands of years and are considered to be some of the earliest examples of art created by humans.
In Altamira cave, Cantabria, Spain
Pedro A. Saura Ramos has written: 'The cave of Altamira' -- subject(s): Paleolithic period, Antiquities, Cave paintings 'Redescubrir Altamira' -- subject(s): Art, Prehistoric, Paleolithic period, Antiquities, Cave paintings, Prehistoric Art
serve a ritual function
The purpose of the paleolithic cave paintings is not known. ... since the caves in which they have been found do not have signs of ongoing habitation. ... Nearly 350 caves have now been discovered in France and Spain that contain art from
In Europe there are such paintings in some French caves (e.g. Lascaux), in Spain Altamira Cave, in Russia in the Ural mountain caves.
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