Asfendou Cave Crete, 11'000 years old earliest known Greek art 🇬🇷 Σπήλαιο Ασφένδου, Νότια Κρήτη

Asfendou in the South of Crete 🇬🇷 Ασφένδου στη Νότια Κρήτη.

The artwork found in Asfendou Cave is the earliest known Greek portrayal of extinct animals and is more than 11,000 years old 🇬🇷 Το έργο τέχνης που βρέθηκε στο Σπήλαιο Ασφένδου είναι η παλαιότερη γνωστή ελληνική απεικόνιση εξαφανισμένων ζώων και είναι άνω των 11.000 ετών.

The Asphendou Cave in Crete is possibly the home to the earliest known Greek art, with the artwork itself dating back to the last Ice Age – an epoch that existed more than 11,000 years ago. In essence, it pertains to the first known case of Paleolithic art ever found in Greece, with the 37 portrayals depicting an extinct species of the dwarf deer.

According to Dr. Thomas Strasser of Providence College, Rhode Island, who headed the study –

This is the first paleolithic art ever found in Greece and it’s significant because it deepens the history of art thereby many thousands of years, and is like an eyewitness account of Ice Age Crete. Archaeological and palaeontological information, as well as new technologies unavailable to earlier scholars, offer evidence to confirm a palaeolithic date for the earliest carvings.

Speaking to the Journal of Archaeological Science, Dr Thomas Strasser of Providence College, Rhode Island said: “This is the first palaeolithic art ever found in Greece and it’s significant because it deepens the history of art there by many thousands of years, and is like an eyewitness account of Ice Age Crete.

“Archaeological and palaeontological information, as well as new technologies unavailable to earlier scholars, offer evidence to confirm a palaeolithic date for the earliest carvings.”

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Music used for this video, with thanks:
Ross Daly plays a piece by Chanioti lyre player Michalis Papadakis, Ο Ross Daly παίζει ένα κομμάτι του Χανιώτη λυράρη, Μιχάλη Παπαδάκη.

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The only question is would a expert think the same person carved the deer and the sail boat.
Also since the cave has collapsed would it be possible to find carbon between the rocks the get a idea of when it fell.