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Prehistoric rock art found in Scottish Highlands

Prehistoric rock art found in Scottish Highlands | Science News | Scoop.it
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An archaeologist has uncovered the biggest collection of ancient rock art in the Highlands. Douglas Scott, 64, of Tain, Ross-shire, discovered a circle of 28 carved rocks which date back 5000 years while combing a 200-metre hillside farm in Evanton.

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Rock carving dated 34 - 40,000 BC (one of oldest in world) - Qobustan

Rock carving dated 34 - 40,000 BC (one of oldest in world) - Qobustan | Science News | Scoop.it
Rock carving dated 34 - 40,000 BC (one of oldest in world) - Qobustan #Azerbaijan http://t.co/XzGqzokU...
oliviersc's comment, March 18, 2012 12:48 PM
The link under picture is not working ; the one on the title goes to an image when we hopped an article.
Sakis Koukouvis's comment, March 18, 2012 12:55 PM
It is a photo of one of my Twitter friend. He is in an expedition and he was sharing on of his most recent photos. When I will have his article I will share it
oliviersc's comment, March 18, 2012 1:22 PM
Great ! I hope I'll find it, then ...
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Ancient rock art likened to a prehistoric Facebook

Ancient rock art likened to a prehistoric Facebook | Science News | Scoop.it

Ancient rock art has been likened to a prehistoric form of Facebook by a Cambridge archaeologist. Mark Sapwell, who is a PhD archaeology student at St John’s College, believes he has discovered an “archaic version” of the social networking site, where users share thoughts and emotions and give stamps of approval to other contributions – similar to the Facebook “like”.

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The oldest rock art in the New World

The oldest rock art in the New World | Science News | Scoop.it
Rock art found in Brazil, which dates back between 10,000-12,000 years, is the oldest such art found in the New World.
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