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Archaeologists are uncovering the meaning of a unique rock art site

It’s 6am at the Penascosa rock art site in Portugal’s Côa valley, and under the raking glow of torchlight, a faded carving of an aurochs – a wild ox that lived during the last glacial period – suddenly comes into focus against the…

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It’s 6am at the Penascosa rock art site in Portugal’s Côa valley, and under the raking glow of torchlight, a faded carving of an aurochs – a wild ox that lived during the last glacial period – suddenly comes into focus against the pre-dawn gloom.

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