
Cueva de las Manos
An explosion of ancient hands marks the wall—proof that we were here.
Description
Located in a remote canyon in Patagonia, Argentina, this cave contains over 800 hand stencils created between 7,300 BCE and 700 CE. The images were made by placing hands against the cave wall and blowing pigment around them, creating negative silhouettes. The stencils represent multiple generations of hunter-gatherer communities, with hands of various sizes including those of children. This site represents one of the earliest known examples of collective artistic expression in the Americas.
- Cosmic Microwave Background~13.8 billion years ago
- Murchison Meteorite~4.6 billion years ago
- Earth~4.5 billion years ago
- Stromatolites~3.5 billion years ago
- Dickinsonia~558 million years ago
- Tiktaalik~375 million years ago
- Archaeopteryx~150 million years ago
- Laetoli Footprints~3.7 million years ago
- The Chauvet Cave (Rhinos)~32 thousand years ago
- Cueva de las Manos~9,300 years ago
- Ouroboros1350 BCE
- The Ankh1332 BCE
- The Book of the Dead1275 BCE
- Tree of Life800 BCE
- Yin Yang250 BCE
- Janus50 CE
- The Sri Yantra350 CE
- The Crab Nebula1054 CE
- The Aztec Sun Stone1502 CE
- Creation of Adam1512 CE