Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura caves: Ice Age culture hub with major discoveries. Four main caves: Hohlenstein-Stadel, Hohlefels, Geißenklösterle, Vogelherd Located in remote mountain range in southwestern Germany Caves contain tools, mobile art, figurines, and personal ornaments
The Lion Man stands 31.1cm tall and is one of humanity's oldest known statues - carved 35-40,000 years ago from mammoth ivory. This cave lion-human hybrid with its distinctive grin took ~400 hours to carve. Found at Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave, reconstructed from hundreds of fragments. Aurignacian culture (43,000-26,000 years ago) 🦁
Key facts claimed:
- Four main caves: Hohlenstein-Stadel, Hohlefels, Geißenklösterle, Vogelherd
- Located in Swabian Jura mountains in southern Germany
- Caves contain tools, mobile art, figurines, and personal ornaments
- Region close to Danube, key for migration across Europe
- Also produced earliest flutes and musical instruments in Europe
Key Facts
- Four main caves: Hohlenstein-Stadel, Hohlefels, Geißenklösterle, Vogelherd
- Located in remote mountain range in southwestern Germany
- Caves contain tools, mobile art, figurines, and personal ornaments
- Region close to Danube, key for migration across Europe
- Also produced earliest flutes and musical instruments in Europe
- Site of world's oldest known figurative art
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Source: NEW | 40,000-Year-Old "Proto-Writing" Discovered on Ice Age Artefacts by Ancient Architects