Khoit Tsenkher Cave Rock Art

Khoit Tsenkher Cave Rock Art
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Also known as: Gurban Tsenkher Cave Rock Art, Khoit Tsenker, Khoit Tsenkher, Khoit Tsenkhergrottan, Khoit Tsenkheriyn agui, Хойд Цэнхэрийн агуй, ჩრდილოეთის ლურჯი გამოქვაბულის ნახატები

Paleolithic cave paintings in Mankhan Sum, Khovd Province, Mongolia [1]. Painted images of stags, buffalo, ibex, lions, argali sheep, camels, elephants, and ostriches rendered in mineral-based rosy and brown pigments from walls to ceiling [1] [2]. Some animals overlap in palimpsest layers, and others are depicted with dots [1] [3].

TypeRock art
Period< 4500 BC
CountryMongolia
Coordinates47.3474° N, 91.9567° E

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