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CAVE (Shulgan-Tash). As in many other similar cases the cave itself was
known for a very long time. In 1760 it was already described by P.I.Rychkov in one of
his historic-geographical works about Priuralje. As V.I. Dal' noticed, many local
traditions and legends are connected with the cave. But the archaeologists paid
attention to the cave only after
1959, when A.V.Ryumin had discovered palaeolithic
paintings on its walls. Mammoths, rhinos, a bison and horses are easily recognized
among them. The first investigations of the paintings were carried out by O.N.Bader,
who established that they are dated to the last period of the Upper Palaeolithic.
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