# Images added piecemeal over a long time

> Still possible: The panel is an accumulation of images added by different painters over a long period, not a single design.

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[Questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions)[White Shaman Mural](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural)[Was the White Shaman mural painted as one planned composition?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/questions/QST0DCKPTGHK74D/was-the-white-shaman-mural-painted-as-one-planned)Answer

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# Images added piecemeal over a long time

The panel is an accumulation of images added by different painters over a long period, not a single design.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Overlaps show later figures cutting across finished earlier ones without a shared colour order.
- Dates from different figures spread over centuries.

## What would rule it out

- Figures are interwoven in a single colour sequence across the whole panel.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Before the paint studies, archaeologists took the panels for accumulations](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/evidence/EVD0DCKR73PVXYX/before-the-paint-studies-archaeologists-took-the-panels-for)

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[Figures are interwoven, each over and under others, in one colour sequence](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/evidence/EVD0DCKR6R1BD3M/figures-are-interwoven-each-over-and-under-others-in-one)

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AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Was the White Shaman mural painted as one planned composition?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/questions/QST0DCKPTGHK74D/was-the-white-shaman-mural-painted-as-one-planned)

Part of [What does the White Shaman mural depict?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/questions/QST0DCKPKDCPP15/what-does-the-white-shaman-mural-depict)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Images added piecemeal over a long time [Answer ANS0DCKQKJSH49X]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCKQKJSH49X
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