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  2. Cave of Altamira - Wikipedia

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    A modern interpretation of a bison from the Altamira cave ceiling, one of the cave's most famous paintings. Some of the polychrome paintings at Altamira Cave are well known in Spanish popular culture. The logo used by the autonomous government of Cantabria to promote tourism to the region is based on one of the bisons in this cave.

  3. Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain

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    Map of Paleolithic cave art sites in the Franco-Cantabrian region.. The Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (Cueva de Altamira y arte rupestre paleolítico del Norte de España) is a grouping of 18 caves of northern Spain, which together represent the apogee of Upper Paleolithic cave art in Europe between 35,000 and 11,000 years ago (Aurignacian, Gravettian, Solutrean ...

  4. File:Altamira, bison.jpg - Wikipedia

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  5. Art of the Upper Paleolithic - Wikipedia

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    Bison painting (replica) from the Cave of Altamira, dated to the Magdalenian. The animals depicted are prey sought by the Paleolithic hunters, such as reindeer, [20] horses, [21] bisons, [22] mammoth, [23] the woolly rhinoceros, [24] and birds, [clarification needed] [25] as well as apex predators such as lions [26] panthers or leopards, [27 ...

  6. Caves in Cantabria - Wikipedia

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    Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain. The Cave of Altamira is located near Santillana del Mar.This cave, called the "Sistine Chapel of Quaternary", is relatively small (270 m (890 ft)) and contains the rock paintings of sixteen bison, several depictions of deer, the largest of which is 2.25 m (7.4 ft) tall and of horses.

  7. Secret tunnel found on U.S.-Mexico border to be sealed off - AOL

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    A secret tunnel discovered last week on the U.S.-Mexico border will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an army official in Ciudad Juarez said Saturday. The tunnel, discovered on Jan. 10, connects ...

  8. National Museum and Research Center of Altamira - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum and Research Center of Altamira (Spanish: Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira), also known as Altamira Museum (Spanish: Museo de Altamira), is a center dedicated to the conservation of, research into, and the sharing of information about the cave of Altamira in Santillana del Mar (), Spain, named a World Heritage Site by Unesco.

  9. The Clitoris' Vanishing Act - The Huffington Post

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.