A popular cave yields 280 Palaeolithic engravings

Research reported by Antiquity documents 280 Palaeolithic graphic units in Catalonia's Cova de la Font Major, including 55 depictions of horses, deer, bovids, caprines and a rare bear. The cave has received visitors for about seven decades, while some shallow grooves remained hidden among modern graffiti and walls worn by touch; researchers had to change torch angles to make them visible. Many figures are attributed to pre-Magdalenian phases around 26,000 years ago, making the site one of the largest cave-art assemblages on Mediterranean Iberia. Preservation and the dates of some motifs remain uncertain, and public access makes protection more urgent.