Sunday, November 29, 2020

Sistine Chapel of the ancients

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The '''Sistine Chapel of the ancients''' is an eight-mile stretch of cliff in [[Colombia]] that is covered by tens of thousands of paintings created up to 12,500 years ago. It is one of the world’s largest collections of prehistoric rock art. It was discovered in 2019, but only announced in November 2020. It will appear in a [[Channel 4]] documentary: ''Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon''.<ref name="guardian">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==Discovery==
The site was discovered in 2019, but only announced in November 2020. The team that found it was led by José Iriarte and funded by the [[European Research Council]].<ref name="guardian"/>

==References==


[[Category:Pre-Columbian art]]
[[Category:Colombian art]]
[[Category:Ancient art]]
[[Category:Petroglyphs in South America]]


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