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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Sivil

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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Sivil
Levantine rock shelter with dynamic prehistoric hunting scenes


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 04:50
📋 Fast Facts
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site — part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art complex
  • Red and dark ochre pigments depicting human figures, deer, and wild goats in motion
  • Dates to the post-Ice Age Levantine tradition, roughly 8000–3000 BCE
  • Located on exposed limestone shelter in Spain's eastern Mediterranean mountains near coordinates 42.2447, −0.017608

The Sivil rock shelter forms part of the extensive Levantine rock art tradition that stretches along Spain's eastern ...

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