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Gaura Chindiei - a limestone cave at the first Iron Gate of the Danube

The Gaura Chindiei cave is dated to around 12 000 to 10 000 BP.



Entrance to the Gaura Chindiei II Cave, near Pescari
Photo: http://cimec.cilea.it/livingpast/nr1/boroneant/mediu/poza17.htm



Gaura Chindiei painting

The Gaura Chindiei II Cave. Solar motif and representation of the bird with wide open wings, symbols of the contemplation and observation of the sky from the post-glacial age. The decorative motifs were executed in cherry-red colour.
Photo: http://cimec.cilea.it/livingpast/nr1/boroneant/schela_cladovei/arta/fig6.htm





The 'alphabetical encyclopaedia' found in the Gaura Chindiei Cave, Romania.


Photo: http://www.dacia.org/Dacian_Virtual_Museum/Symbols/symbols.html

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