More than 1,000 prehistoric paintings dot the newly inducted UNESCO site of Grotte Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc—a cave located around 45 minutes outside of Aubenas, in France’s Rhône-Alpes region ...

What you won’t see on the site is much evidence of Jean-Maris Chauvet and his fellow cave-discoverers of 1994. ... HOTEL Courchevel, Rhône-Alpes, France. 9 Telegraph expert rating.

A long legal battle over the discovery of the Chauvet cave in France’s southern ... for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and the ... at Lascaux cave. In 2015, a replica of Chauvet, ...

Thirty years ago, three explorers discovered the Chauvet cave, a site in southeastern France that was cut off from the world for thousands of years. Inside, paintings and engravings dating back ...

A near-perfect replica of France’s famed Grotte Chauvet, a vast cave containing the world’s oldest prehistoric art, is to open this month in what has been hailed a masterpiece of modern ingenuity.

Herzog’s film focuses on the Chauvet Cave in southern France, discovered in 1994. ... Early humans painted in Chauvet Cave about 32,000 years ago, according to the film.

PRIVAS, France — Jean-Marie Chauvet noticed air whistling out from a crack on a plateau in southern France, so he and fellow cave enthusiasts went to investigate. What they found that Sunday in ...

France recreates Chauvet Cave’s prehistoric paintings. Millimetre by millimetre, scientists and artists have used the same tools and techniques believed to have been used in the Stone Age.

Following a new discovery, the abstract details in France’s Chauvet Caves paintings, created by early humans 36,000 years ago, are thought to depict a volcanic eruption, scientists say. Although ...

A long legal battle over the discovery of the Chauvet cave in France’s southern Ardèche region, one of Europe’s most important prehistoric sites, has finally been resolved. An agreement ...

This week, France in Focus heads underground to explore the "Sistine Chapel" of prehistory. Thirty years ago, three explorers discovered the Chauvet cave, a site in southeastern France that was ...