Tucked away in a rocky mountain in southeast France is a cave formed by natural erosion called La Sainte-Baume, where Mary ...

The northern coast of Spain holds one of the oldest examples of human development in the form of cave paintings, dubbed the ...

In return, humans offered food, shelter, and warmth. Evidence of this companionship is found in the Chauvet Cave, France, where footprints of a child walking alongside a wolf have been discovered.

Chauvet cave in southeastern France has drawings and engravings that date to around 32,000 years ago, according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave in southeastern France is a jewel of prehistoric art. When it was discovered in December 1994, it amazed the world with its vivid cave paintings, believed to be over ...

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 ...

The sheer density of its graphics puts "Cosquer among the four biggest cave art sites in the world alongside Lascaux, Altamira in Spain and Chauvet," which is also in southern France.

As a replacement, however, France’s Ministry of Culture is bringing one of the most important archaeological sites in the world to your home with a virtual tour of Chauvet Cave.

To read about the chronology of human occupation of France's famed Chauvet Cave, go to " New Dates for the Oldest Cave Paintings." ...