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Macintosh Picture Format  |  1996-09-10  |  293.1 KB  |  640x480  |  8-bit (236 colors)
   ocr: SOME 5 TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND YEARS IceAgeArta OLD, THIS IMAGE OF A horse was incised in limestone by one of the earliest modern inhabitants of the Dordogne Region, in south- western France. Discovered in a rock shelter called the Abri Labattut, near Sergeac, it is a superb example of the Ice Age art in which the region is SO rich. This is not a realistic depiction of an Ice Age horse, which was a stocky, ponylike animal, but a highly stylized image, the lines of which 13 3X333333XX1AMMUMMAALBAADANAAA3U4440241 - CNNRIDD0UNVENUUVOVUAUTURVINNULTCNN aw