Visited in January 2024.

This object is dedicated to Guanche, original inhabitants of the islands, it is believed that they were Berbers who sailed from the lands of modern Morocco (although it is unclear how they sailed to the Canary Islands).
The life of these aborigines was quite simple: they grazed sheep in the mountains, grew corn, used clay vessels, but did not own metals. They lived in caves, and this lifestyle was preserved even with the change of population until the 20th century.
In the mountains of Gran Canaria, painted caves were also found, which were used for ritual purposes, since the carved triangles on the walls are recognized as symbolic vulvas, and the rituals are considered to be associated with the cult of fertility. But what they were - we can only guess, because the aboriginal population of the Canary Islands became extinct after the appearance of Europeans.
One of the discovered caves is considered by scientists to be a kind of astronomical laboratory, as if the sun and the moon must have illuminated the holes in the cave differently. But again, this is just speculation.
The original caves are closed to visitors, but in Artenara, a replica of the cave has been made in the visitor center, and it is a pretty cool format if the original is not available. You can also visit the ethnographic museum in the town, which shows how life in the caves has continued to our time. You can also look out over the surroundings from the lookouts, where this landscape of sacred caves is around. Miguel Unamuno, who visited Artenara, called this landscape a “petrified storm”. We got there by taxi from Agaete and from there took the bus to Las Palmas.
It is also worth visiting the Canary Museum in Las Palmas, which houses original finds that testify to the material and spiritual culture of these ancient inhabitants of the Canary Islands.