The Ancient Digger: Macrophotography of Massive Cave Art
Ancient Civilizations, history of the beginning of time, the relics of discovery that breath life into what we were and where we were going.
In a recent music class, my professor gave the class a glimpse in the first sandskrit, found over 6000 years ago. I sat puzzled, thinking that this piece of history couldn’t possibly been the first evidence of a written language. In fact, many depictions of language was presented on the walls of caves over 16,000 years ago.
So I ask you. Why do many people try to accept writting on sanskrit, dated 6000 years ago referring to biblical verses, rather that the cave art that has been dated back several more thousands of years?
So what do you believe? Here are two prime examples of Paleolithic Art that occured several thousands of years before creation.
Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave
The Muknal cave, otherwise known as the “Cave of the Stone Sepulcher” in Cayo, Belize, is a Mayan archeological site that holds such artifacts as stoneware to skeletons. The most famous of the human remains is known as the “The Crystal Maiden”, a sacrifice victim, whose bones were naturally uncovered by the cave, revealing the crystal like sparkles that reflect when hit by light.
Lascoux Cave
In Southwestern France, there lies a cave system that depicts some of the earliest Paleolithic Cave art, dating back about 17,000 years. Interestly enough, the cave was discovered in the Fran c. Dordogne River Valley in 1940 by teenagers. However, due to the high levels of CO2 deteriorating the paintings caused by foot traffic, the cave was closed for visitors.
The Unicorn
The Lascoux Cave has over 2000 figures depicted on the walls, 900 of those being various breeds of animals. The most famous section of the animal paintings is the “Great Hall of Bulls”, where stags, equines, and bulls are depicted. One of the bulls is over 17 feet long, making it the largest cave art representation of an animal.
I remain convinced that cave drawings are the true depiction of the original language. In those times, drawings were used for cultural languages, so regardless of the nature of the writings on the sandskrit I spoke about earlier, I like to think that these are the original forms of communication.
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Patrick Bernauw, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
Wow.. that Unicorn!!! Gonna digg this!
CutestPrincess, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
very well-researched… good articles.. you never runs out of great ideas!
John McDonnell, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
I didn’t know about the Maya cave, but Lascaux is fascinating to me. I would love to visit there sometime. The paintings are beautiful, and it amazes me that they are so old. Some of the paintings show a knowledge of perspective that wouldn’t reappear till the Renaissance.
HatedNation, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
Great wrok, very informative with cool pictures!
James DeVere, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
Nice. Makes you think – did artist’s start writing? The Chinese use pictograms originating from art. Beautiful images and succint information.
Thank-you . j
Bren Parks, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
wonderful…I have always been fascinated by these cave paintings….
Lost in Arizona, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
I’m beginning to like your direction of articles. It’s also interesting to note that many other primitive man, some dating back 50,000-75,000 years used to make rudimentary carvings on bone. Many anthropologists still argue as whether this was some form of communication. It is fascinating to ponder. 
MJPatrick, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
Wow, fascinating stuff!
LBA, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
I love this stuff, great article.
Melody Arcamo Lagrimas, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
Fantastic stuff. Thanks for sharing this well-researched facts, Lauren.
jhenz, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
wow! these stuff are all amazing…
it is one of my great dream that in my second life, i would like to be an archaeologist or whomever that has to do with unraveling fascinating finds like these!
great work lauren!
lindalulu, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
Really nice job.
nobert soloria bermosa, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
great source of history
papaleng, posted this comment on Feb 24th, 2009
What else is new.. great article, well-researched and great photos. Thanks Lauren for sharing.
Likha, posted this comment on Feb 24th, 2009
Great passion for these things, it has rubbed off on me.
thestickman, posted this comment on Feb 24th, 2009
Nice! (PM’d you with content observation) 
Craig, posted this comment on Feb 24th, 2009
Beautiful art, but not written language. Isn’t that what you were trying to imply?
I got lost in your argument refuting something I’ve never heard of…who’s ‘Biblical’ idea of creation? What dates are you talking about? How could anything predate its creation? I’m confused.
AC Hamilton III, posted this comment on Feb 24th, 2009
Very nice piece. Great presentation of word and picture. Very interesting topic.
AC
denus, posted this comment on Feb 24th, 2009
thats awesome stuff!
Lauren Axelrod, posted this comment on Feb 25th, 2009
Hi Craig,
Thanks for the comment. What I was comparing it to was the sanskrit my professor brought in, as he stated was biblically dated, his words. I apoligize if that’s unclear. I will re-read the paragraph.
Ruby Hawk, posted this comment on Feb 25th, 2009
This is amazing stuff. I am facinated by the fact that the animals drawn on the cave walls are so fat and healthy looking. It shows there was plenty of wild food growing at that time.So the people must have been well fed too.
jo oliver, posted this comment on Feb 25th, 2009
“Why do many people try to accept the Biblical evidence on a piece of history, rather that the cave art that has been dated back several more thousands of years?”
Very interesting question, Lauren. I personally agree with you. I would also think that cave drawings would be the orginal form of communication…if for no other reason, that is the logical order. But, I am not a histroy expert by no means.
Bob, posted this comment on Feb 26th, 2009
Excellent article, you do such interesting work.
Vikram Chhabra, posted this comment on Feb 26th, 2009
This is an amazing article. Thanks for writing it!
Joce Boldi, posted this comment on Feb 28th, 2009
Very impressive! I feel like anytime I want to learn something new, I just need to read one of your articles. I love the pictures too. You always amaze me.
C Jordan, posted this comment on Mar 2nd, 2009
Early comunication and perhaps early graffiti.
Joe Dorish, posted this comment on Mar 2nd, 2009
Thanks very much Lauren! Like you blog and have admired your articles since I discovered them in January!
Catherine South, posted this comment on Mar 11th, 2009
The chrystal maiden is very interesting. Is there any info on why she was sacrificed and in which belief?
Lauren Axelrod, posted this comment on Mar 13th, 2009
Hi Catherine,
As far as what I’ve read, the Crystal Maiden is quite a mystery. I do know that when she was sacrificed, she was very young, maybe around 12 years old. And for some reason, the crystal in the sand have clung to parts of her bones, leaving them to be reflected when the sun hits them.
REPuckett, posted this comment on Mar 28th, 2009
BoJack was right. You are a very goog writer.
M J katz, posted this comment on May 23rd, 2009
Fascinating but a little confusing regarding pictures and the written language of a civilization.
I just can’t correlate pictures of herd animals with, say, the egyptian heiroglyphics that show a definite pattern for language. The cave drawings are wonderful examples of man’s depicting life around him but just as a picture is something to look at, admire, and maybe even ponder, so are the cave drawings in my opinion. A picture can symbolize a part of society but it is not a language.
The Crystal Maiden is also very interesting to hear about but, again, her body is not a language.
As much as I want to find ancient written languages, I think that in this case, the article tried too hard to prove it’s point and failed with the examples given.
I do believe there’s evidence out there to support your article but a little more research may be needed to uncover them.
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Mercedes Selvira, posted this comment on Feb 23rd, 2009
Wow, am I really the first to Like and comment? Has no one else seen this yet? It must have been published like 2 minutes ago or something. Very interesting, and cool pics. I too will never understand why some people choose to ignore evidence like this.