Explore cave paintings in this 360° animated cave - Iseult Gillespie
How to view this TED-Ed animated 360° video: If you have access to a Google Cardboard viewer and a smart phone: 1. Open this video in the YouTube app on your phone. 2. Hit pause on the video....
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In 1879, amateur archaeologist Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola and his young daughter Maria explored a dark cave in Northern Spain. When Maria wondered off by herself, she made an amazing discovery. They were standing inside a site of ancient art, the walls and roofs decorated with prehistoric paintings and engravings, ranging from 19,000 to 35,000 years old. Similar marks of our ancestors have been preserved in caves all over the world. The oldest we've found were made up to 40,000 years ago. What do these images tell us about the ancient human mind and the lives of their creators? These early artists mixed minerals, clay, charcoal, and ochre with spit or animal fat to create paint. They drew with their hands and tools, like pads of moss, twigs, bones...
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In 1879, amateur archaeologist Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola and his young daughter Maria explored a dark cave in Northern Spain. When Maria wondered off by herself, she made an amazing discovery. They were standing inside a site of ancient art, the walls and roofs decorated with prehistoric paintings and engravings, ranging from 19,000 to 35,000 years old. Similar marks of our ancestors have been preserved in caves all over the world. The oldest we've found were made up to 40,000 years ago. What do these images tell us about the ancient human mind and the lives of their creators? These early artists mixed minerals, clay, charcoal, and ochre with spit or animal fat to create paint. They drew with their hands and tools, like pads of moss, twigs, bones...
