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Cave of Archers

Coordinates: 23°35′41″N 25°14′1″E / 23.59472°N 25.23361°E / 23.59472; 25.23361
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Cave of Archers
Amazmaz
Rock paintings of the Cave of Archers
Cave of Archers is located in Egypt
Cave of Archers
Shown within Egypt
LocationGilf Kebir
RegionNew Valley Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates23°35′41″N 25°14′1″E / 23.59472°N 25.23361°E / 23.59472; 25.23361
History
PeriodsNeolithic

Cave of Archers is a rock art shelter of the Gilf Kebir National Park in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt. It is located on the south-eastern slopes of Gilf Kebir, 40 m to the south of the Cave of Swimmers.[1]

Description

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The south-west oriented entrance of the cave is 10 m wide and 5 m tall and opens into a large cupuliform formation modeled in the sandstone. The rock paintings of the cave feature a few panels of persons with bows and arrows as well as a herd of bovines. The paintings are dated between 6300 BP and 5500 BP during the African humid period, much different from the present hyper-arid one.

Due to bedrock deterioration the sandstone is heavily weathered or fragmented and only a few painted sandstone blocks remain.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Maria Cristina Tomassetti, Giulio Lucarini, Mohamed A. Hamdan, Andrea Macchia, Giuseppina Mutri, Barbara E. Barich; Preservation and Restoration of the Wadi Sura Caves in the Framework of the Gilf Kebir National Park Egypt, in: International Journal of Conservation Science, Vol.7, October 2016, pp. 913-934.
  2. ^ Restoring rock art in Egypt’s great Gilf Kebir Retrieved 2020/04/20.