Cuevas de la Araña

Cuevas de la Araña
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The Coves de l'Aranya (Cuevas de la Araña) are a group of caves in Bicorp, València, eastern Spain, located in the valley of the river Escalona. These prehistoric rock art sites contain painted images of a bow-and-arrow goat hunt and a unique scene depicting a human figure foraging honey, representing the earliest known depiction of bees and the oldest evidence of honey consumption by Homo sapiens, dating to approximately 8,000 years ago [1].

TypeRock art
Period< 4500 BC
CountrySpain
Coordinates39.1105° N, 0.8603° W

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