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Wallpaintings are from all times. From pre-history till today wallpaintings
are made. They reflect history, tell important stories, teach us important things or they just make us enjoy the art. Wallpaintings enriches the looks of buildings. Not only the walls but also the ceilings are often part of the artwork. Think about Michelangelo's fresco's in the Sixtine Chapel for instance.
Other wall paintings at this site depict birds consuming flesh from headless bodies. These scenes may reflect Near Eastern practices of the preparation of corpses for burial. The separate archaeological finds of heads and bodies buried under rooms may also indicate the performance of this ritual. Another wall painting, found at Çatalhöyük, and now on display at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara, may be the world's oldest map. It shows a series of rectangles, that may depict houses, and a possible profile drawing of a local volcanic mountain.