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Vandals destroy 8,000-year-old artwork (Spain)

Heartless vandals have destroyed cave paintings dating back thousands of years with graffiti.

Fluorescent yellow paint was sprayed over carvings, thought to be around 8,000 years old, inside the Cova de la Clau in Palma de Gandia, last week.

However, they left a 16,000-year-old engraving of a horse in the Cova del Parpalló untouched.
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