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Saturday, 04 July 2009



Rock Engravings from 32,000 BC Found near Treskavec Monastery in Macedonia



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5 September 2008 | Traces of rock engravings dating back to 34,000 years ago were found by archeologists in the area of the thirteenth-century Treskavec Monastery near the town of Prilep in southern Macedonia., national media reported recently.

“At the highest point near the monastery, we found traces of rock engravings. The significance of this discovery is even biggest when it is known that this type of rock engravings are among the oldest ones, placed by Dr, Amati of the Swedish Rock Art Arcive in the timeframe of 32,000 years before Christ,” Dushko Aleksovki of the Macedonia Art Centre told the Vecher newspaper.

Such engravings have been recorded in front of and behind the monastery, Aleksovski explained, adding that, “excavations in the vicinity of the Treskavec will continue until the material found has been completely documented.”

As BalkanTravellers.com reported a broad project was announced in July for the protection and restoration of the thirteenth-century Treskavec monastery, as well as its water supply system and the road network around it.

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