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Human hands in red and black. Imprints on the walls of the Cave de Gargas, France. No such imprints have been found elsewhere, nor is it known why some fingers are of rather different shape or whether the imprints have a ritualistic or mythological meaning.
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Human hands in red and black. Imprints on the walls of the Cave de Gargas, F...

Human hands in red and black. Imprints on the walls of the Cave de Gargas, France. No such imprints have been found elsewhere, nor is it known why some fingers are of rather different shape or whether the imprints have a ritualistic or mythological meaning.
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Human hands in red and black. Imprints on the walls of the Cave de Gargas, F...

Human hands in red and black. Imprints on the walls of the Cavee de Gargas, France. No such imprints have been found elsewhere, nor is it known why some fingers are of rather different shape or whether the imprints have a ritualistic or mythological meaning.
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Human hands in red and black. Imprints on the walls of the Cavee de Gargas,...

Human hands in red and black. Imprints on the walls of the Cave de Gargas, France. No such imprints have been found elsewhere, nor is it known why some fingers are of rather different shape or whether the imprints have ritualistic or mythological meaning. Overall view.
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Human hands in red and black. Imprints on the walls of the Cave de Gargas, Fran...

Three elephants. Frescoes from Tassili n'Ajjer. Henri Lhote Collection
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Three elephants. Frescoes from Tassili n'...

Loping hares. Fresco of Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria. Henri Lhote Collection
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Loping hares. Fresco of Tassili n'Ajje...

Cattle gathered next to a group of huts represented by white ovals. Behind a line of calves tethered to a rope are a group of women and children working. Fresco from Tassili N'Ajjer. Henri Lhote Collection
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Cattle gathered next to a group of huts represented by white ovals. Behind a...

Women and children and cattle next to a group of huts which are represented by white ovals. Detail of 06-01-01/34 Fresco from Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria. Henri Lhote Collection
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Women and children and cattle next to a group of huts which are repres...

Women gathering grain. Fresco of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria. Henri Lhote Collection
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Women gathering grain. Fresco of Tassili N'Ajje...

Cattle and herdsmen: women with children. Fresco of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria. Henri Lhote Collection.
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Cattle and herdsmen: women with children. Fresco of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria. He...

Women mounted on horned oxen. An entire community moves to a new region. The women wear elaborate capes and hairdos. Frescoes of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria. Henri Lhote Collection
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Women mounted on horned oxen. An entire community moves to a new...

Perhaps a scene of jurisdiction. A man in the centre, possibly accused of some crime, is led off by an official in striped coat. Group of robed justices (?) on lower left. Fresco of Tassili N'Ajjer, Henri Lhote Collection
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Perhaps a scene of jurisdiction. A man in the centre, possibly acc...