[Joe Hadenuf]

bttt.......

[petuniasevan]

Very possible indeed that the figure is a representation of the constellation Orion.

Its constituent stars would have been in almost exactly the same arrangement as they are today.

That's a function of their relative distance (all are several hundred light-years away). Constellations with nearby stars have changed their patterns, sometimes quite noticeably, over millennia.

BTW, Orion is the most recognizable constellation. See it any (clear of course) night from mid-August (just before morning twilight in the east) to mid April (just after evening twilight in the west) at mid-northern latitudes.

[cricket]

"Rappenglück's hypothesis, based on serious speculation and in agreement with his ample knowledge of the art and symbolism of those periods, might be probable and even possible."

. . .sounds more than reasonable to me. . .

. . .hmmm 32,000 years old. Time. . .it's all perspective and 'space'.

[SunkenCiv]

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