Cave of Beasts

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The Cave of Beasts is a prehistoric rock art site in Egypt’s Western Desert, renowned for its extensive and enigmatic Neolithic paintings and engravings.

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Cave of Beasts canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
cave ⓘ
prehistoric rock art site ⓘ
artTechnique engraving ⓘ
painting ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culturalPeriod Holocene ⓘ
discoveredIn 21st century ⓘ
environment Sahara Desert ⓘ
arid desert region ⓘ
hasArtStyle Neolithic rock art ⓘ
hasConservationIssue exposure to wind and sand erosion ⓘ
remote location complicates protection efforts ⓘ
hasConservationStatus vulnerable to natural erosion ⓘ
hasFeature abstract rock art ⓘ
figurative rock art ⓘ
prehistoric engravings ⓘ
prehistoric paintings ⓘ
hasMaterial rock shelter walls ⓘ
hasPeriod Neolithic ⓘ
knownFor enigmatic rock art motifs ⓘ
extensive Neolithic paintings ⓘ
large number of rock art figures ⓘ
locatedIn Egypt ⓘ
Western Desert ⓘ
significance evidence for early human activity in Egypt’s Western Desert ⓘ
important site for study of North African prehistory ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cave of Swimmers → near → Cave of Beasts ⓘ
Gilf Kebir plateau → hasPart → Cave of Beasts ⓘ
Gilf Kebir National Park → contains → Cave of Beasts ⓘ
Wadi Sura → knownFor → Cave of Beasts ⓘ
Wadi Sura → contains → Cave of Beasts ⓘ