Someone scribbles on an ancient Aboriginal wall painting 30,000 years ago, ``Don't look, this is a cave of death'' and destroys it
by Mirning cultural group
At an Aboriginal sacred place located in southern Australia, an incident occurred in which an indigenous mural painting, which is said to have been drawn 30,000 years ago, was damaged by someone. Archaeologists decry it as a significant loss.
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What was destroyed by someone in this issue is the rock painting on the wall of 'Koonalda Cave' in the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. Said to have been mined for flint by ancient Aboriginal people, the caves have been held sacred by the local Mirning people.
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In the past, it was thought that ``humans first arrived on the Australian continent 8,700 years ago'', but it turned out that the rock paintings found in the Kunalda Cave were at least 30,000 years old. As a result, the theory of human history related to Australia was greatly overturned. Koonalda Caves has been designated as a National Monument of Australia because it is a valuable cultural heritage that conveys such knowledge to the present day.
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However, in December 2022, it was discovered that someone had penetrated the cave through barbed wire and fences, scribbled on the wall of the cave, and destroyed the rock painting. Reportedly, the criminal wrote 'Don't look now, but this is a death cave' on the geometric pattern drawn by the ancients.
by Mirning cultural group
``The geology on the surface of the cave is so soft that you can't erase the graffiti without destroying the murals, so restoration is impossible,'' said archaeologist Kerrin Walshe, who specializes in ancient Aboriginal sites. It is a very tragic loss to be tainted.'
Mirning Elder Vanna Lowry said, 'We Mirning Elders are deeply saddened, upset and hurt by what happened in the cave. Koonalda is our most important and sacred place. Someone entered us without a greeting.This is a very rude insult.'
For destroying a legally protected heritage, the criminal could be fined up to A$10,000 (about 900,000 yen) or imprisoned for up to six months.
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