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19 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Thread: Rock carvings, dated to the 2nd mill. BC from Parco di Seradina-Bedolina (parcoseradinabedolina.it/indexe.html), located near Capo di Ponte is an Italian comune in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.

1. Hunting
2. Fighting
3. Ploughing
4. Dancing??? Whirling with outstretched arms while wearing skirts and feathered headdresses?
Really cool stuff...

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So from the bottom:
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