Mogao Caves

Cave Paintings and Graffiti Cave paintings are one of the earliest known art forms. It is not known for certain why ancient people spent time creating these works. It is clear that over the course of human history, humans have a tendency of marking the places they inhabit. This trend has carried on into the present day, in the form of graffiti. Both styles of art can tell the viewer a great deal about who created the work, including their culture practices or personal opinions. The piece…

It’s important to remember that Niaux Cave is one of Europe's most impressive Paleolithic rock art galleries of cave paintings. Niaux Cave has been visited since the 17th century - as shown by the graffiti, dated as early as 1602. But it was not until 1906, when the cave paintings in the main chamber of the cave—Salon Noir—were acknowledged as prehistoric, that the preservation of the cave and the study of the paintings began. Now, through radiocarbon dating of the charcoal, we know the rock art…

Discovered only recently, the oldest cave painting was found in Spain, believed to be left by the Neanderthals and is now the oldest and historical cave paintings discovered. A previous painting found in France was dated to be from 37,000 years ago, is now replaced by the Spanish cave painting, believed to be more than 48,000 years ago. Now in modern days, paint is very common. There are many different varieties of paints and uses, such as acrylic, water-based, oil-based, sheen, latex, and…

“The Science Behind Caves Paintings” The term "cave painting" enclose any parietal art which involves the application of color pigments on the walls, floors or ceilings of ancient rock shelters. The start of cave art was estimated to be starting around 40,000 BCE. From about this date that the earliest rock art began to emerge in caves and rock shelters around the world. Magura Cave, Bulgaria, Cave of El Castillo, Spain, Lascaux, France, Grotte de Cussac, France, Pech Merle, near Cabrerets,…

10 Nov. 2014 Tara Linehan GEO 101, Physical Geography Crystal Caves of Naica, Mexico In 1794, according to crystalink early prospectors of Chihuahua City discovered the Naica mine. At the base of the hills the prospectors struck a vein of silver. During that time, people’s interest was in silver and gold. In the beginning of the 1900s, the Mexican Revolution caused a switch from gold and silver to lead and zinc, which the mine had plenty of. Revolutionary troops started to demand money from…

A discovery such as the Chauvet Cave, which considered the oldest known rock art place in the world, has a lot of surprising paintings that dating about 

30,000-32,000 years ago. scientist’s big knowledge helped them to have clear ideas and facts about the walls paintings because of many reasons. From the materials that have been used for the painting they were referred to the paleolithic time. For example, The scientists found out that some of the paintings has created with red ochre. While…

pictures to Greek writing Since the dawn of man, it is well known that people would use art to express their beliefs, ideas and record their history. It is believed that early humans would paint pictures on cave walls as a form of religious empowerment. The oldest known evidence of this is the Chauvet cave. As time began to pass not only did the early way of living change, so did the way people express themselves. This Essay will discuss how the art of painting, evolved into the contemporary…

I had swam into the hidden undersea cave that contained my human clothing. Last evening I’d had a vision; I would find my lifemate in the area above the sea caves. I needed to find her as my vision of the woman, was too strong to disregard. She’d been a well-built sturdy young Scot lass with sparkling green eyes and long dark auburn hair which flows to her waist. I had seen her in my dream, dancing at the local Highland Gathering. The young woman of my dream was my destiny. My name’s…

At the end of Isaac Asimov 's The Caves of Steel, robots seem to be the salvation of the human race, as foreseen by Dr. Fastolfe and the spacers--a highly advanced society of humans from the outer worlds. At the same time the spacers believe they have preserved the future of humanity, however, in an event foreshadowing how robots will one day represent a threat to humanity and perhaps the failure of the spacers’ plan, Robot Daneel Olivaw says the most shocking lines of the story: “[g]o and sin…

Peqi’in Burial Cave The Peqi'in cave is situated in the Galilean hills, which sloped down to the “east to Peqi’in valley” in northern Israel . The Peqi’in cave was discovered in 1995, when a road was being built when a “bulldozer accidentally” collapsed the roof of the cave . In the summer of 1995, salvage excavation was conducted by Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) . This Chalcolithic burial site was revealed to be a geologically active cave. Stratigraphy The length of the cave is 17 metres,…