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Falling meteor depicted in 5000-year-old rock carving

"I believe it shows prehistoric people returning at dusk from a hunting trip to their domed houses, as a meteor falls from the sky" - Wu Jiacai, head of the Inner Mongolia rock paintings protection association, at the 6th Hongshan Cultural Forum that runs from August 25 to 27.

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A 5,000-year old rock carving in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region depicts a falling meteor, said archaeologists on Saturday.
A rock on the side of Dahei Mountain in the city of Chifeng has images of people, domed houses and a fire ball with a long tail falling from the sky engraved on it, said Wu Jiacai, head of the Inner Mongolia rock paintings protection association.
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The Hongshan culture was a Neolithic culture in northeastern China. Hongshan sites have been found in an area stretching from Inner Mongolia to Liaoning, and dated from about 4700 BC to 2900 BC.
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Evidence of huge meteorite hitting ancient Inner Mongolia

Rock paintings discovered in Inner Mongolia show fleeing animals and people anxiously watching what looks like a giant comet over their heads.
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