Friday, 12. October 2007
Topic: ART - on October 12, 2007 at 10:23:00 AM CEST
World's oldest wall painting unearthed in Syria
French archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old wall painting underground in northern Syria which they believe is the oldest in the world.
The 2 square-meter painting, in red, black and white, was found at the Neolithic settlement of Djade al-Mughara on the Euphrates, northeast of the city of Aleppo, team leader Eric Coqueugniot told Reuters.
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