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3,000-year-old cliff painting found in Yunnan
China View ^ | February 26 2006 | Xinhua

Posted on 02/26/2006 9:19:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv

...The painting, 1.4 by 1.6, meters was made with 11 prints of human palms, which are as large as those of modern people. There are two dancing figures -- the bigger one represents a man while the other stands for a woman -- in the painting, according to Ji...

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1 posted on 02/26/2006 9:19:10 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 02/26/2006 9:19:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
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Why does this sign underneath say Wet Paint ?


3 posted on 02/26/2006 9:31:23 PM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: festus

Turns out the seemingly random marks are archaic logograms; the translation is "Willy and the Hand Jive".


4 posted on 02/26/2006 9:57:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
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To: SunkenCiv

No pics


5 posted on 02/27/2006 6:03:47 AM PST by Dustbunny (Life is the sum total of the choices we make in life.)
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To: SunkenCiv

"Willy and the Hand Jive".

What! Was EC here?


6 posted on 02/27/2006 10:07:32 PM PST by Blind Eye Jones
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To: Blind Eye Jones

Johnny Otis.


7 posted on 02/27/2006 10:28:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
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