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| 1760 | described by P. I. Rychkov in one of his historic-geographical works about Priuralje. | |
| 1959 | first archeoologic exploration, A. V. Ryumin discovered palaeolithic paintings on the cave walls. |
Kapova Cave is a famous russian paleolithic cave. It has painted mammoths, rhinos, horses and a bison on its walls. The were dated by O. N. Bader to be from the end of the Upper Palaeolithic.
The cave has two levels, the paintings are mainly in the upper level at some distance from the entrance. This fact is typical for palaeolithic paintings and a source for fantastic speculations about the meaning of the paintings.
Excavations revealed a layer with human remains, debris form the wall paintings, animal bones and charcoal. The charcoal was dated with the C14 method to be 14,680 + 150 years old. Among the animal bones were cave bear bones.
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