‘Ice Age’ Art along the Nile

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Authors
Huyge, Dirk
Discipline
History and Archaeology
Subject
Rock art
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el-Hosh
Audience
General Public
Date
2008
Publisher
Egypt Exploration Society
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Description
Previous reports in EA 13 and EA 20 on early rock art at el-Hosh in southern Upper Egypt have made claims for being Egypt’s oldest art. Further fieldwork in this area has shown that even more ancient graphic works exist which are most probably contemporaneous with European Ice Age art.
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Huyge, Dirk (2008). ‘Ice Age’ Art along the Nile. , Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 33, 25-28, Egypt Exploration Society, ISSN: 0962-2837,
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issn: 0962-2837
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Article
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Language
eng