Word: caving
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...features a Mars and Venus song co-written by that Renaissance man Gray himself and performed as a sort of call and response by his-and-her vocalists. (Sample lyrics: Her: "Every time I try to tell you something, you get mad and run off to your cave." Him: "You're so up and down with your emotions...
...most people, any mention of rock paintings immediately brings to mind the fabulous Paleolithic cave art at Lascaux in France and Altamira in Spain. But equally beautiful and sophisticated works can be found in great abundance on rock shelters, walls and overhangs throughout the African continent. Unfortunately, these ancient masterpieces are deteriorating at an alarming rate, and may disappear entirely unless something is done to save them...
...works range in age from the approximately 26,000-year-old paintings in Namibia's Apollo 11 cave (discovered at the time of the Moon mission) to late 19th century Bushmen drawings. "Rock art represents an extraordinarily interesting and valuable heritage," says Neville Agnew, associate program director of the Los Angeles-based Getty Conservation Institute. "It's a page from the past." The art has "immense" value, says Campbell, not just because of its beauty but because "it comprises much of what we have left of both the creation of art and the development of early beliefs...
...have control over." One of her chief concerns was the fate of the next person to face an ordeal like hers if she didn't carry the fight all the way. "She was frustrated," says brother Don. "And yes, there were tears." Finally, at 3 a.m., she seemed to cave in quite suddenly. She would take the general discharge. And at last everyone went...
...Simon Tucker, the attraction to digging began at age 3, as he watched Sesame Street character Bob's Uncle searching for a golden cabbage in Snuffleupagus' cave. Then Simon discovered Indiana Jones, and so began his mantra: "I want to be an archaeologist...