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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula

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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Prehistoric Levantine paintings in southeastern Spain, UNESCO World Heritage Site


🕐 3 min read · Updated 17 Mar 2026 at 02:01
📌 Fast Facts
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1998 as a serial property comprising over 700 sites
  • Dating: 8000–3500 BCE, with some evidence from the Upper Paleolithic period
  • Located across multiple provinces in eastern and southeastern Spain, including Almería, Granada, Málaga, and Murcia
  • Levantine artistic tradition featuring naturalistic human figures, animals, and hunting scenes executed with mineral pigments

The Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula represents the largest concentration of prehistoric rock ...

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