Ice Age engraving discovered in Moravian Karst cave

Scientists have discovered a 15,000-year-old Ice Age engraving in a cave in the Moravian Karst, marking the first evidence of prehistoric cave art found in Czechia.

The engraving shows the head and neck of a horse and was found on a limestone block in the Švédův stůl cave. The discovery was made by an international team led by researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Dating to the late Magdalenian period, the find suggests that figurative cave art was not limited to western Europe. The results of the research have been published in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology.