Cueva de las Manos
Quite by accident, in 1941, a simply unique cave was discovered in Argentina, which was called Cueva de las Manos, which in translation sounds nothing more than a Cave of hands. This find was found by a monk in one of the gorges of the local Pinturas River. At first, he could not even imagine that this area would become the main ancient attraction of Argentina. It was simply presented with a surprise in the hands of the scientists of the country.
The cave of hands is very attractive not only to inquisitive researchers. These oldest wall paintings belong to the period from 7000 to 1000 BC. Usually there is a division into three phases, both in style and in time of origin.
For the scientists of this time, the value of numerous hands on cave walls remains a mystery. No one even has any options why exactly 829 prints of their upper limbs were left here by ancient people, among which only 36 belong to the right. A little later, approximately in the second period of the settlement of the local area, the rock walls were also embellished by various scenes from the hunt. The third phase also contributed to this mysterious exhibition, painting the stone foundation with hieroglyphs, similar to those used by ancient South Americans.
It is believed that individual storylines belong to people who lived here for an interval of 1000 years, and each new tribe brought something of its own here. Thanks to unique cultural elements, these prehistoric settlements have turned the Cave of Cueva de las Manos into an amazing area that tourists from all over the world enjoy visiting.
The route to the Caveva de las Manos Cave is quite complicated, as it leaves somewhere 90 km away from the highway. But, getting to it is easy if you take advantage of the rented car that will take right to the entrance to the cave on a private underground road, for the entrance to which you will need to pay.
If desired, you can take an hour-long walk in the circle of the cave to admire the local landscapes, including magnificent gorges, rivers and valleys.
Since 1999, the Hand Cave in Argentina has been on UNESCO lists, which is highly worthy.
