Tuesday 24 December 2013

Mystery rock art found in Egypt

New discovery of spider rock art, which could possibly be the only one of such in the world has been found by archaeologists in Egypt.

The new discovery has been described as rock panel,found on the west wall of a shallow sandstone valley, in the Kharga Oasis, Egypt's western desert.

Still a mystery rock art

The discovery has been described by Egyptologist Salima Ikram as "very unusual". The identification of the creatures as  spider is tentative and the date of it uncertain, Ikram a professor at the American University in Cairo who co-directs the North Kharga Oasis Survey Project explained to LiveScience../MORE.

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