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The Coves de l'Aranya (in original 
The dating of such art is controversial, but the famous honey-gathering painting is believed to be epipaleolithic and is estimated to be around 8000 years old.
The caves were discovered in the early twentieth century by a local teacher, Jaume Garí i Poch. They are included in the World Heritage Site
Catalan language
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Cuevas de la Araña) are a group of caves in the municipality of Bicorp
Bicorp is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Canal de Navarrés in the Valencian Community, Spain.
See also
* Cuevas de la Araña en Bicorp
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in València
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, eastern Spain. The caves are in the valley of the river Escalona and were used by prehistoric people who left rock art. They are known for painted images of a bow and arrow goat
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hunt and for a scene depicting a human figure foraging honey
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, the earliest known depiction of bees and the oldest evidence of honey consumption by ''Homo sapiens
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The dating of such art is controversial, but the famous honey-gathering painting is believed to be epipaleolithic and is estimated to be around 8000 years old.
The caves were discovered in the early twentieth century by a local teacher, Jaume Garí i Poch. They are included in the World Heritage Site Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin
The group of over 700 sites of prehistoric Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, also known as Levantine art, were collectively declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998. The sites are in the eastern part of Spain and contain rock ...
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