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  • Cave of Beasts

  • Cave of Beasts

    Cave of the Beasts, also named Foggini-Mestikawi Cave, is a huge natural rock shelter located in Wadi Sura, near the border of Libya, in the Western Desert of Egypt. The cave is featuring Neolithic rock paintings, more than 7000 years old, with about 5000 figures.
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    Cave of Beasts
    by Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Cave of Beasts
    by Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Cave of Beasts
    by Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 679 m

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    Cave of Beasts

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    Egypt

    New Valley

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    Sixth Millennium BC

    Neolithic

    Neolithic

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    Neolithic Monuments

     

     

     

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