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Rock ArtSite Name: Makay Massif PaintingsCountry: Madagascar
NOTE: This site is 318.356 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Mandabe Nearest Village: Maromiandra
Latitude: 21.339926S Longitude: 45.173694E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Several ancient and newer rock paintings, human burials in caves and cup marks respectively mortars were found by scientist in the canyons and on the hills of the Makay Massif in Madagascar.
The paintings are showing crosses, building like paintings, geometric shapes, animals like cattle and human beings such as shamans with an antler. The large island of Madagascar was populated around 200 CE until 300 BCE. Some of the paintings could be around 2000 years old. For more informations see:
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