Gorges de l’ar’eche, France
An incredible new archeological find was announced this week. Another prehistoric cave painting has been discovered which authorities are guessing to be from the upper Paleolithic period, about 35,000 years ago. The painting was found in the caves known as the Chauvet Site. This is the same site which has become famous for the beautiful rock wall illustrations from the same time period.
The discovered 30,000 year old rock painting – “Man Discovers Fire!”
Dr. Jean-Marie Chauvet, who was involved in the first series of discoveries at this site, will be handling the scientific investigation of this new find. When further questioned by our reporter, Chauvet had this comment. “This is perhaps the greatest find in the history of paleographic study. For now we are calling this illustration “Man Discovers Fire”. Unlike the other drawings we have found within the cave, this one is in vivid colors and has been painted on what appears to be a stretched animal hide. If authentic, it is miraculous the way this cave painting has been preserved.
My associate, Dr. Christian Hillaire, believes that it is the first know warning, or how do you say?, a Caution sign. He could be correct, however I believe this painting could be the first sign ever to show the way. My English is poor. What I mean it is like … it is … I think it is the first EXIT sign created by man! If you notice the person, the creature, who is in flames is running away from the fire. The exact position we found this painting was with this human fire creature running towards the door of the cave! It could be some sort of religious symbol as well. It is an incredible find and we are moving ahead with, hopefully, authenticating this art to the Aurignacian period!
Obscure American artist, Tom Hicks was with a group of Chinese tourists visiting the caves just after the discovery and had this comment: “Huh? Found what? Wow. That’s interesting. I just got here, ya’ know. So, I really don’t know what’s going on. I’m just here with these people. Boy, they’re really mad that they can’t take pictures. I don’t speak Chinese. I think they’re from there. But you could really tell they were pissed-off about the cameras. No telling what they’ll do. I have to go. I don’t want to get lost from the group again. Oops. I don’t mean again. I just don’t want to get lost. So, well, goodbye.”
Results from carbon dating and other scientific tests should be made public within the next few months.