Explorers find ancient caves and paintings in Nepal


	Explorers find ancient caves and paintings in Nepal

amgumen

5-3-2007 1:42 PM

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5-3-2007 4:03 PM

BigBadWolf

This would have been a great clip had the site actually made it easy to see pics of the cave paintings!

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cliffs in Nepal's remote Himalayan north, leaving
archaeologists excited and puzzled.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070503/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_nepal">The caves contain paintings that could date back as far as
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