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High releif carving of horse, Upper Palaeolithic period.

Neolithic representation of hunter and stag, Spain.

Neolithic rock engaving depicting scythes, Norway.

Rock carvings showing housing conditions, Iron Age.

Helmeted bronze figurine, Bronze Age.

Neolithic rock art depicting whale and elk, Scandinavian.

Neolithic representation of hind, young fawn and stag, Spain

Group of horses and one bison, upper Palaeolithic.

Bushman painting showing lion hunt, South Africa.

Geometric designs incised in rock, Early Bronze Age.

Examples of supposed Magdalenian writing on bony substances. 

Magdalenian bone spear-thrower, Upper Palaeolithic period.

Rhinoceros, upper Palaeolithic, from a photograph.

Engraving on stone heard of horses

Sculpted fish on roof of cave, Abri du poison, Dordogne,

Magdalenian engraving of an ox.

Decorated receptacles for paint, prehistoric period.

Neolithic rock carving representing 2 elks, Norway.

Magdalenian representation of a mammoth, Upper Palaeolithic

Magdalenian engraving of bison.

Neolithic rock engraving depicting a bear, Scandinavian.

Magdalenian cave drawing.

Initiation? ceremony, Magdalenian. Nine partially clothed women and one young man.

Bronze Age representation of solar symbols on dolmen.

Bones showing carved representations of plants used as food

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High releif carving of horse, Upper Palaeolithic period.

Neolithic representation of hunter and stag, Spain.

Neolithic rock engaving depicting scythes, Norway.

Rock carvings showing housing conditions, Iron Age.

Helmeted bronze figurine, Bronze Age.

Neolithic rock art depicting whale and elk, Scandinavian.

Neolithic representation of hind, young fawn and stag, Spain

Group of horses and one bison, upper Palaeolithic.

Bushman painting showing lion hunt, South Africa.

Geometric designs incised in rock, Early Bronze Age.

Examples of supposed Magdalenian writing on bony substances.

Magdalenian bone spear-thrower, Upper Palaeolithic period.

Rhinoceros, upper Palaeolithic, from a photograph.

Engraving on stone heard of horses

Sculpted fish on roof of cave, Abri du poison, Dordogne,

Magdalenian engraving of an ox.

Decorated receptacles for paint, prehistoric period.

Neolithic rock carving representing 2 elks, Norway.

Magdalenian representation of a mammoth, Upper Palaeolithic

Magdalenian engraving of bison.

Neolithic rock engraving depicting a bear, Scandinavian.

Magdalenian cave drawing.

Initiation? ceremony, Magdalenian. Nine partially clothed women and one young man.

Bronze Age representation of solar symbols on dolmen.

Bones showing carved representations of plants used as food

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High releif carving of horse, Upper Palaeolithic period.

Neolithic representation of hunter and stag, Spain.

Neolithic rock engaving depicting scythes, Norway.

Rock carvings showing housing conditions, Iron Age.

Helmeted bronze figurine, Bronze Age.

Neolithic rock art depicting whale and elk, Scandinavian.

Neolithic representation of hind, young fawn and stag, Spain

Group of horses and one bison, upper Palaeolithic.

Bushman painting showing lion hunt, South Africa.

Geometric designs incised in rock, Early Bronze Age.

Examples of supposed Magdalenian writing on bony substances.

Magdalenian bone spear-thrower, Upper Palaeolithic period.

Rhinoceros, upper Palaeolithic, from a photograph.

Engraving on stone heard of horses

Sculpted fish on roof of cave, Abri du poison, Dordogne,

Magdalenian engraving of an ox.

Decorated receptacles for paint, prehistoric period.

Neolithic rock carving representing 2 elks, Norway.

Magdalenian representation of a mammoth, Upper Palaeolithic

Magdalenian engraving of bison.

Neolithic rock engraving depicting a bear, Scandinavian.

Magdalenian cave drawing.

Initiation? ceremony, Magdalenian. Nine partially clothed women and one young man.

Bronze Age representation of solar symbols on dolmen.

Bones showing carved representations of plants used as food