BRISTOL, England, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Two members of the University of Bristol Speleological Society have discovered an engraving in a British cave, which may be at least 10,000 years old.
Graham Mullan and Linda Wilson, who study Paleolithic cave art, recently began a systematic search of caves in southern Britain believing that such works would not only be confined to those found at Creswell Crags.
A series of inscribed crosses were found on the wall of Aveline's Hole in Burrington Combe, the earliest known cemetery in the British Isles.
Dr. George Nash and experts from the British Museum believe the engraving is most likely to be post Ice Age.
"This is an exciting and important discovery," said Jill Cook, of the British Museum. "The few lines that form this panel are a signature from the period right at the end of the last Ice Age."
An account of the discovery has been published in the Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological Society.
