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Location DB > Belgium > Liège > Petit Lanaye > Grot Caestert > 20051120 - Introduction trip > Ancient drawings 7 / 27   Ancient drawings Description As the caves were built from the top down, drawings at the ceiling are the oldest*. These are some knights fighting a dragon. The technique here was: blacken the ceiling with a carbid light then carve out the picture in negative. *In one of the systems open to the public, the guide allways tells that the ceiling is the oldest. Therefore, ZBL, a group of explorers which reopened these caves within 3 weeks after being locked, once got in with a ladder and wrote "ZBL 2003" on the ceiling to fuck with the guides :-P Controls Return to Main Location Page Return to Gallery Overview Edit this Gallery Edit this Picture Un-Subscribe this Picture Comments Posted by Cavewalker 11/29/2005 7:58 PM | remove   These drawings are probably from the middle ages or earlier. Posted by IIVQ 11/30/2005 8:42 AM | remove   Not earlier. I don't know when these caves were constructed, but almost certainly not before 500. I'd say they're from the 1600-ish era. Posted by Chris 12/2/2005 11:56 AM | remove   wicked slick :P does a relevant authority on like places that should be protected for their content know about this place? Posted by IIVQ 12/2/2005 11:14 PM | remove   Know: Yes. Worry: No. The problem is that the caves are all within a square kilometre devided between 3 major authorities: Dutch, Wallon and Flemish government. The Flemish and Dutch do care, but all Flemish parts are only accessible from Wallon territory. So: No. Posted by Cavewalker 6/2/2007 7:59 PM | remove   The Radboud University did an investigation, and it seems that these pictures are from 1375 +/- 40 years. (C14 dating) Posted by Cavewalker 6/2/2007 8:01 PM | remove   Btw, this is the drawing of Saint George and the Dragon. For the story see also wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedi.../wiki/Saint_George ) If you'd like to add a comment, please login or register. All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 375 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 739075305 pages have been generated.