Cave Art


animals. I am interested in everything else, interested in the fi gures of people and art from the ice age. Most of them are A small group of scholars studies rock


single fi le. fi nd. To inspect El Portillo, we walk along in especially the symbols. But they are hard to


We found the two red dots.


red dots are in a small chamber, to the back We study the map. It shows that the two


of the cave. We shine our fl ashlights and slither


symbols behind? travel this far into the cave to leave these made? What made these ancient people dots the size of fi ngertips. Why were they forward. I see them. T ere are two small


at night. T ese are the questions that keep T ese are the questions that keep me up


every symbol I can fi nd. me crawling deep underground. I look for


Hidden deep inside many ice age caves, we found ancient signs and symbols.


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