(7742) | Altamira = 1985 US Discovered 1985 October 20 by A. Mrkos at Kle. |
Altamira is a cave in northern Spain, whose walls bear paintings and engravings - chiefly of bison, deer, horses and boar - dating from the Stone Age. It is one of the most important prehistoric painted caves. The paintings were discovered in 1879. The name was suggested by M. Tichý. | |
(MPC 46008 | 2002 June 24) |
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