Welsh Cave Art Reclassified as Oldest in Britain

A striped rock in a Welsh cave, previously dismissed as natural in 1928, has been reclassified as the oldest cave art in Britain.

1 Jun, 06:00 — 1 Jun, 10:00

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This reclassification challenges previous assumptions about early human artistic expression in Britain. It suggests a longer and potentially more complex history of human presence and cultural development in the region than previously understood.

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The GuardianMostly Factual89d ago

Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art

Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art In 1912, the Guardian reported on the discovery of Palaeolithic rock art on the walls of Bacon Hole, a cave near the Mumbles in south Wales – only for the painted panel’s authenticity to be dismissed by 1928. A series of horizontal bands in red pigment were subsequently deemed no more than a natural phenomenon and the newspaper added an updated statement: “It was later establishe...

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times-ukMostly Factual89d ago