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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cueva del Niño

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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cueva del Niño
Levantine rock art cave in southeastern Spain, Epipalaeolithic to early Neolithic periods


🕐 3 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 07:35

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📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Southeastern Spain, Mediterranean Basin region
  • Period: Epipalaeolithic to early Neolithic, approximately 10,000–6,000 years ago
  • Medium: Red ochre pigments on rock panels
  • UNESCO inscription: 1998

Cueva del Niño is a rock art cave in southeastern Spain that contains painted hunting scenes and human ...

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