World's oldest wall painting

Look at the painting pictured above (and below).

What do you see?

The French archaeologists who discovered it believe it's the world's oldest wall painting.

Here's Lawrence Van Gelder's story from his October 12, 2007 New York Times "Arts, Briefly" column.

Oldest Painting Appears Modern

French archaeologists believe they have found the world’s oldest wall painting, an 11,000-year-old red, black and white design dominated by rectangles, adorning a Neolithic settlement in northern Syria, Reuters reported. “It looks like a modernist painting,” said Eric Coqueugniot, leader of the team excavating Djade al-Mughara on the Euphrates River. “Some of those who saw it have likened it to work by Klee. Through carbon dating we established it is from around 9000 B.C.” The six-square-foot painting formed part of an adobe circular wall of a large house with a wooden roof. According to Science magazine, the world’s oldest painting on a constructed wall, found in Turkey, was dated 1,500 years later.

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