Confirm that cave paintings in Jimena de la Frontera are the oldest in the Mediterranean and reveal the first sailing boats

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A team of researchers from the University of Granada confirms that the representations of boats of the coat of La Laja Alta date from IV and III millennium a. Ctags: prehistory, cave paintings» original news (www.europasur.es)

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Cádiz has the prehistoric cave paintings of the oldest ships in the western Mediterranean. This is confirmed by a team of researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) who conclude that the representations found in the Laja Alta site, in the municipality of Jimena de la Frontera, are the oldest of boats in the western Mediterranean. Laja Alta is a rocky hollow located in the Alcornocal Park, near the Strait of Gibraltar, between the Atlantic …

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Yes, in the cave of Laja Alta, located in the municipality of Jimena, in the heart of the Gadite park of Los Alcornocales, are some of the oldest representations of boats in the western Mediterranean. These cave paintings, dated approximately in the Bronze Age (about 3,000 years ago), stand out for representing scenes of navigation, something unusual in the cave art of the Iberian peninsula.

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A team of researchers from the University of Granada confirms that the representations of boats in the shelter of Los Alcornocales date back to the 4th and 3rd millennium BC The cave paintings of La Laja Alta: more medieval than prehistoric

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A team of researchers from the University of Granada has recently confirmed that the prehistoric rock representations of the Laja Alta site (Jimena de la Frontera, Cadiz) are the oldest representations of boats in the Western Mediterranean. Laja Alta is a rocky location located in the Parque de los Alcornocales, very close to the Strait of Gibraltar, between the Atlantic and Mediterranean basins.