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PostSubject: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:05 am



Picasso believed we haven't learned much since these images were created.

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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:14 am


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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:19 am



Petroglyph: an image carved into rock.

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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:36 am


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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:43 am



The Cerne Abbas giant, England.

The figure looks ancient but may only date from the mid-1600s.

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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:51 am



The White Horse at Uppington.

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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:54 am



The Long Man of Wilmington. 17th c again, apparently.

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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:58 am



Aylesbury Stone Circle.

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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:03 am



Stonehenge, England.

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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:17 am



Cave painting of bison in Altamira, Spain. 15,000-10,000 BC.

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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:48 am



Chalk horse at Osmington, we have a number of white horses dotted about the UK.

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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:06 pm

We do, Nash. Here's the white horse at Kilburn (not THAT Kilburn ) in the Vale of York:


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PostSubject: Re: Cave art, hillside art and standing stones   Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:41 pm

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We do, Nash. Here's the white horse at Kilburn (not THAT Kilburn ) in the Vale of York:



Cor, that's a big un.

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