The ritual burial at Paviland Cave, Gower, by Gino D’Achille, about 1980. This painting was created when the burial was thought to be Aurignacian in date (35-28,000 years ago).

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The ritual burial at Paviland Cave, Gower, by Gino D’Achille, about 1980. This painting was created when the burial was thought to be Aurignacian in date (35-28,000 years ago).
Palaeolithic The ritual burial at Paviland Cave, Gower; by Gino D’Achille, about 1980. This painting was created when the burial was thought to be Aurignacian in date (35-28,000 years ago).
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  • By GatheringTheJewels
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  • Located on the Gower Peninsula, the Goat's Hole Cave at Paviland was home to the oldest known human burial in Europe. The "Red Lady of Paviland", discovered in ...
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  • Burial Chambers

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  • All across Wales there are Neolithic and Iron Age burial chambers, with around 150 known sites dating from 3600-3000BC. The remains are evidence of mass burials...
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