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A photo of the
well-known
"Solsemhula" with its 21 ochre mysterious wall paintings. Much
interesting research has been done since the caves' discovery by locals in
1912. The painting descript thirteen human figures and a large cruciform
figure, and some figures as yet not clearly understood forms. The painting
were found at the darkest end of the cave, reflecting perhaps, the fear of
the ancients that exposure to the sun would rob their sacred images of
their power. The floor in the cave is a mixture of wet and dry soils, in
which have been found the remains of human, horses, goats, cows, sheep,
fish and birds. The cave has rendered up stone and bone tools and a bone
drinking horn . Besides a beautiful
sculpture of the extinct bird gate auk.
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