![]() ![]() ![]() During the civil war, FARC rebels claimed the area Image: picture alliance/AP Photo/R. On satellite images, the area around the Serrania de la Lindosa simply looks green to the north, the Rio Guaviare meanders through the dense Amazon rainforest. It is not surprising that this Ice Age art has remained undiscovered for so long: The site is located in the Serrania de la Lindosa mountain range in the middle of the Colombian jungle, about 400 kilometers southeast of the capital, Bogota. The fascinating rock paintings were discovered in 2017 by a British-Colombian team of researchers, but the sensational find was kept secret ahead of a British Channel 4 series being shown in December, "Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon." Image: Jörg Denzer Kept secret for a documentary Some of the paintings are so high up on the rock face that they can be viewed only with drones. These paintings would seem to make it clear that the rock art was created more than 12,500 years ago.Īrchaeologists found pieces of ocher that were scraped off to make the images, which are painted in a reddish terra-cotta color. There is even a picture of a mastodon, a prehistoric relative of the elephant that has not inhabited South America for the last 12,000 years. It is already clear that it will take decades for all the pictures to be documented and analyzed. Image: Jörg DenzerĪnimals that have long since become extinct, such as giant sloths, Ice Age horses, or the palaeolama, a type of ancient camel, are also depicted. The most fascinating thing is how incredibly detailed and lifelike some of the paintings are. The Most Welcoming Place on Earth awaits you.These are rock paintings that take your breath away: Stretched across almost 12 kilometers (8 miles) of cliff face, there are geometric shapes along with tens of thousands of images of animals and humans, including fish, turtles, lizards and birds, people dancing or holding hands, figures with masks, and lots of handprints. We expect you to enjoy this trip and above all, we look forward to seeing you come back once, twice and as many times as possible. Go out and explore the wonders of our six charming regions: from the highest snowcapped coastal mountain in the world (The Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta) to Cartagena’s Walled City in the Greater Colombian Caribbean, through the lush green mountains filled with coffee farms and wax palm trees in the Western Colombian Andes to the city of Bogota, cradle of one of the largest ecosystems of entrepreneurs in the world. There is no doubt: this is a great time for Colombia and we couldn’t be more thrilled to share these good times with you. From today, you’ll be able to witness with your own eyes that Colombia (not Columbia) is a country that has undergone a profound transformation in the last few decades. It turns out that Colombia’s dynamism goes far beyond those traditional imaginaries that you’ve heard before this trip. This is all accurate, of course. However, there is more. If this is your first time-ever visiting Colombia, you’ve probably heard that the country is traditionally well-known worldwide for its coffee, flowers, pristine beaches, jungle escapes and breathtaking mountain landscapes.
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