altamira cave
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ALTAMIRA CAVE. Santillana del Mar. Cantabria. Spain
By Lucía de Gracia and Nicolás Fernández 4º B
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ALTAMIRA CAVE. Santillana del Mar. Cantabria. SpainIn 1879, archaeologist Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola and his eight-year-old daughter María discovered the cave's drawings.
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ALTAMIRA CAVE. Santillana del Mar. Cantabria. Spain
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ALTAMIRA CAVE Bisons in different positions are most common. There are other animals : horses, red deer and boar.
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ALTAMIRA CAVE The animal figures are painted to almost life-size scale, the red deer is 2.20m long.
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ALTAMIRA CAVE
Other drawings, show humans with animal heads as well as different signs, such as hands or comb-and steps.