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2. Lascaux - Wikipedia

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   Modern entrance to the Lascaux cave. On 12 September 1940, the entrance to the Lascaux Cave was discovered on the La Rochefoucauld-Montbel lands by 18-year-old Marcel Ravidat when his dog, Robot, investigated a hole left by an uprooted tree (Ravidat would embellish the story in later retellings, saying Robot had fallen into the cave.) [8] [9] Ravidat returned to the scene with three friends ...

3. Chauvet Cave - Wikipedia

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   The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (French: Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, French pronunciation: [ɡʁɔt ʃovɛ pɔ̃ daʁk]) in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, [1] as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. [2]

4. Cave of the Trois-Frères - Wikipedia

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   The Cave of the Trois-Frères is a cave in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings.It is located in Montesquieu-Avantès, in the Ariège département.The cave is named for three brothers (French: trois frères, pronounced [tʁwɑ fʁɛʁ]), Max, Jacques, and Louis Begouën, who, along with their father Comte Henri Begouën [], discovered it in 1914. [1]

5. Pech Merle - Wikipedia

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   Pech Merle is a French hillside cave at Cabrerets, in the Lot département of the Occitania region, about 32 kilometres (19.88 miles) east of Cahors, by road.It is one of the few prehistoric cave painting sites in France that remains open to the general public, albeit with an entry fee.

6. La Marche (cave) - Wikipedia

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   The La Marche cave paintings were discovered in the caves in the Lussac-les-Châteaux area of France by Léon Péricard in November 1937. Péricard, and his partner Stephane Lwoff, studied these caves for five years and found etchings on more than 1,500 slabs. In 1938, they presented their discovery to the French Prehistoric Society, [3] and ...

7. Cave of Niaux - Wikipedia

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   The Cave of Niaux (French: Grotte de Niaux) is located in the Niaux commune, ... The walk to the paintings leads through both big caves and narrow passages. The cave ...