Slowly but surely, the mysterious and haunting Chauvet cave is giving up its secrets. The cave, declared a UNESCO World Heritage site two years ago, was discovered in the south of France in 1994.

Discovered by accident in 1994, the cave paintings adorning the walls of Chauvet Cave in France are among the oldest and most beautiful figurative art in human history.About 36,000 years ago, the ...

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Chauvet Cave in southern France houses the oldest representational paintings ever discovered. Created some 32,000 years ago, the 400-plus images of large grazing animals and the predators who ...

Chauvet cave paintings: A volcanic eruption from 36,000 years ago – as captured by prehistoric man. The cave paintings at Chauvet are among the oldest, most beautiful and most elaborate in the world ...

If Chauvet Cave had been pried open 5,000 years ago, it might have provided shelter; 500 years ago, an opportunity for plunder; five decades ago, a bonanza for tourism.

The entry into the depths of the Chauvet Cave, the world’s greatest repository of Palaeolithic art, begins with a dramatic ascent. A steep switchback trail through a forest brings one to the ...

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 ...

Chauvet Cave Paintings Could Depict a 37,000-Year-Old Volcanic Eruption Mysterious paintings in the “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” led researchers to new evidence of ancient volcanic activity ...