Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Alta, Norway



The Alta Museum has the most beautiful view of the Alta fjord.  There are long wooden walkways around this World Heritage Site, which allow visitors to view hundreds of 6,000 to 2,000 year old rock art examples.  Red paint was recently added.  The museum, regretfully, did not realize that this could hasten the deterioration of these prehistoric art works.

The person in the boat is holding stylized fish.


An unpainted carving, above, is difficult to see.  Most of the ones at Alta have been painted.





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