Serra da Capivara National Park is a national park in the Northeastern region of Brazil. The area has many prehistoric paintings.
Canoas Vale Verde
Milky way over the cliffs of Serra da Capivara national park
Pedra Furada
Serra da Capivara Painting 7
Pedra Furada
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Pedra Furada is an important collection of over 800 archaeological sites in the state of Piauí, Brazil. These include hundreds of rock paintings dating from circa 12,000 years before present. More imp
Serra da Capivara National Park
…and paintings found there. It became a World Heritage Site in 1991. Its head archaeologist was Niède Guidon. Its best known archaeological site is Pedra Furada. Scientific studies confirm that the Capivara mountain range was densely populated in the pre-Columbian Era. A newer site is Toca da Tira Peia, where…
Stone arch at Pedra Furada.
Rock paintings at Pedra Furada
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Painting from the site