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Sep 12, 2016 2:49 AM

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The following images were painted over 17,000 years ago...

For fucks sake..

10 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 1

God dammit

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

In all seriousness, though, they opened afterward Lascaux II (then III and now IV), which are copy of it. If you can, go visit, it's amazing

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Why were they painted over?

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Oh. Never mind.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I thought the same then paused awaiting the Aha moment. It took a few moments.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I was just being smart-ass. Then I found the D.B., and that's reason enough.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

PRotip: it's pronounced "lazco"

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I am not falling for this 'discovered' art... isn't that Picasso in the first picture?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Or, according to my religious friend, paintings that are *7000 years old

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Having read Earth's Children, I really want to see these irl !

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I don't know why I expected anything else...

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Anyone else think about BL2?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Cave of Forgotten Dreams on Netflix

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is it painting or a menu?

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Neat

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I wonder what 17,000 year old spray paint cans look like

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I was also born and my parents keep forgetting

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I was REALLY scared this was going to end with someone fucking it all up.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There are other cases of people "cleaning it" because they thought it was graffiti

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Pssht who needs and art degree

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And then think the person who drew then did in almost pitch blackness

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They likely had several small fires going

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That guy was up there when we got here.

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

In the cave there are ancient footprints of a child walking into the cave followed by a large saber tooth tiger. #catfood

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is why babies die!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Should have seen it coming

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Seriously though, you should watch "Cave of Forgotten Dreams"

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

The person who painted these images disappointed there parents 17,000 years ago. not like Zug Zug who majored in business.

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Yore disappointing you're parents write now

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Apparently the stone clubs business was booming. Wooden ones were soooo 16,000 BC....

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Daboo

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

this had some serious top comment potential, if not for the typo. have an upvote anyway, you made me chuckle

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Who new that whole fire thing would catch on the way it did.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Right.. damn vandals..

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Their parents*, you disappoint us

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It was 17000 years ago, grammer wasn't invented then

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

*Their're

10 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

Where parents?

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Kek. Loktar ogar

10 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 2

FOR THE HORDE!

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Warchief?

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Of the horde? Vol'jin

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

A most satisfying reference and subsequent exchange.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0