Archaeologists have discovered evidence of a previously unknown ancient culture in Venezuela’s Canaima National Park, where they discovered 30 rock art sites dating back thousands of years.
Canaima National Park
is huge, about the size of Belgium. It is made up of forests and mountainous
terrain. The most famous feature is Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall in the
world.
The park may have been
where this culture first developed. Later, it may have moved on to the Amazon
river, the Guianas and even southern Colombia, for all of these places house
similar artwork to the newly found example in Venezuela. Similar artwork in Brazil
has been dated to 4,000 years ago, but the newly discovered artwork may be even
older.
The newly discovered
pictograms and petroglyphs include depictions of leaves and stick figure
drawings of people, star-shaped patterns and other geometric designs. It is
thought that the images had a ritual meaning, and may have been related to
birth, diseases, or prosperous hunting.
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