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Ice Age engravings found in a heavily visited Catalan cave

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Visitors walked past the engraved walls of Cova de la Font Major for decades, some carving names over Ice Age marks. In 2019, archaeologist Josep Maria Vergès spotted them under raking light, and researchers now describe 280 Paleolithic motifs, including 55 animal figures.

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