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Re:Vandals Destroy 30k-Year-Old Indigenous Cave Drawings in ... by wiseelder932 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:23PM (#34155280)
Is it possible that the teenagers did not know that the "scratchings" (for lack of a better term) were actually ancient and wise and sacred and enlightened aboriginal art?
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Re:Vandals Destroy 30k-Year-Old Indigenous Cave Drawings in ... by sokoloff on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:31PM (#34155378)
> The vandals forced their way past barbed wire and dug under a steel gate to get into the Koonalda Caves

I’m going to say they had some strong clues.

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Re:Vandals Destroy 30k-Year-Old Indigenous Cave Drawings in ... by wiseelder932 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:36PM (#34155421)
That's not my point. Yes they were aware of the cave. But they wrote something over wavy lines in limestone that could actually pass for a natural feature.

In any case yes it's probably stupid for them to write something there without consulting with their elders.

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Re:Vandals Destroy 30k-Year-Old Indigenous Cave Drawings in ... by jpgvm on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:25PM (#34155296)
If you mean the case in the article? Almost no chance. The drawings were deep in the tunnel system which itself is essentially in the middle of nowhere.
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