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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 ...
Cosquer Cave (, also) is located in the Calanque de Morgiou in Marseille, France, near Cap Morgiou. The entrance to the cave is located 37 m (121 ft) underwater, due to the Holocene sea level rise. The cave contains various prehistoric rock art engravings. Its submarine entrance was discovered in 1985 by Henri Cosquer, a professional diver.
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The Direction régionale des Affaires culturelles (DRAC, Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs) is a service of the French Minister of Culture in each region of France. [1] Created by Minister of Culture André Malraux on February 23, 1963, it is in-charge of historical buildings (monument historique, managed by the "Conservation régionale ...
The culture was geographically widespread, and later Magdalenian sites stretched from Portugal in the west to Poland in the east, and as far north as France, the Channel Islands, England, and Wales. Besides La Madeleine, the chief stations of the Magdalenian are Les Eyzies , Laugerie-Basse , and Gorges d'Enfer in the Dordogne ; Grotte du ...
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La Marche (France) – due to the style the legitimacy of the cave paintings here are in dispute. Roc-aux-Sorciers (France) – a rock shelter famous for its 14,000-year-old relief wall carvings. Perforated baton with low relief horse, from Abri de la Madeleine, an overhanging cliff situated near Tursac in France, and is stored in the British ...