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Scavenger Hunt 2012 Game #4

Answers to Game #4

Image 1 (Asia)

Found in a human-made cave that was part of a group of about 30
The caves were used as a monastery

Answer: Ajanta Cave, India
 
 

Image 2 (Oceania)

Possibly the oldest rock art ever discovered (40,000-60,000 years old)
X-ray figures?

Answer: Arnhem Land, Australia

 

Image 3 (Europe)

The first cave art discovered in Europe
The main images are that of bison

Answer: Altamira, Spain

 

Image 4 (North America)

By a great lake
One of the most visited native sites in the country where it is located

Answer: Agawa Pictographs, Canada
 
 

Image 5 (Europe)

Some of the earliest known cave paintings in Europe
Subject of a Herzog movie

Answer: Chauvet Cave, France

 

Image 6 (Africa)

Largest collection of rock art south of the Sahara
“Barrier of Spears”

Answer: Drakensberg, South Africa
 
 

Image 7 (South America)

Found in a desert
Made by removing stones to expose the lighter soil underneath

Answer: Nazca Lines, Peru

 

Image 8 (Central America)

“Stone House” discovered in 1979
Includes images of ritual bloodletting

Answer: Naj Tunich, Guatemala
 
 

Image 9 (North America)

Over 24,000 pictographs created both by Native Americans and early Spanish settlers
A National Park

Answer: Petroglyph National Monument, USA

 

Image 10 (Europe)

Bronze Age image
Created by cutting trenches and filling it with crushed white material

Answer: Uffington Chalk Horse, UK

 


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