8 mile long cave paintings discovered near the Amazon

[Magical Realist]

https://www.thinkinghumanity.com/2020/12...77VKbRbJfo

"In a historic archeological discovery, tens-of-thousands of pristine cave-paintings have been found deep in the Amazon rainforest. The paintings cover an 8-mile stretch of rock in Colombia and are thought to have never before been seen by modern eyes. Some archaeologists have even dubbed the find 'The Sistine Chapel of the Ancients'.

The paintings, which are extremely detailed, are believed to be around 12,500 years old and include images of long-extinct animals such as woolly-mammoths and ancient horse species. While the discovery was made last year, it is only now that it is being revealed to the public. This is because those that discovered the site wished to keep it secret from thieves and from tourists who could have caused damage to the ancient paintings.

The find will now be featured in an amazing new documentary called, 'Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon'.

It is thought that the paintings were made by paleolithic people who made their way into the Americas from Asia tens-of-thousands of years ago. Other characters and animals depicted include ancient birds, hallucinogenic plants, and mystical masked figures."

[C C]

https://www.thinkinghumanity.com/2020/12...orest.html

"[...] While the discovery was made last year, it is only now that it is being revealed to the public. This is because those that discovered the site wished to keep it secret from thieves and from tourists who could have caused damage to the ancient paintings."

Good thing it was found decades after the Italian cannibal film trend ended. The 1977 flick Jungle Holocaust might have illegally been shot there instead of the Philippines, since it did involve a giant cave in many of the scenes.

Arguably the most infamous of the movies -- 1980's Cannibal Holocaust -- actually was set in the Amazon rainforest (but no cavern involved). Even the vintage porn-actor that Ruggero Deodato selected for the lead role was shocked and disturbed by the latter's decisions, whereas the doped-up students and rest he hired for the other parts just blithely went along with it, including cutting up real animals while they were alive.

While its scenes were sadistic and disgusting (some still controversial in this era where anything goes), the earlier "Jungle Holocaust" IMO had the most revolting one toward the end where a native girl was captured, beheaded, gutted, and her emptied torso propped open with a stick while the anthropophagic humanoids baked items in it like some kind of Dutch oven.