http://www.reuters.com/article/entertain
French archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old wall painting underground in northern Syria which they believe is the oldest in the world.
The 2 square-meter painting, in red, black and white, was found at the Neolithic settlement of Djade al-Mughara on the Euphrates, northeast of the city of Aleppo, team leader Eric Coqueugniot told Reuters.
"It looks like a modernist painting. Some of those who saw it have likened it to work by (Paul) Klee. Through carbon dating we established it is from around 9,000 B.C.," Coqueugniot said.
Here's a picture of the painting. It sure looks like you can just dust it off and hang it up in a museum of modern art near you.
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Or we can hop on the Atlantis bandwagon with "Ars Atlantica" about a Da Vinci type escaping from the destruction of Atlantis.
Ah heck, let's just make the dinosaurs do it. "The Dinossaur Painter"