Used – On 18th December 1994, three cavers were inspecting sites in the Ardeche, southern France, when they came across the hidden entrance to an underground cavern. Inside, they picked out traces of colour on the cave walls: pictures of a mammoth, a huge bear, rhinoceroses and lions. Here, in this hidden network of underground caverns, was a collection of 300 wall paintings, and traces of occupation dating back 30,000 years. They are the oldest examples of prehistoric art ever found – some 15,0
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New – The first book in English on the Chauvet cave in the Ardeche Valley in southern France, where more than 300 extraordinary paintings and engravings covering the walls were discovered in 1994. Recent tests have confirmed that they are over 30,000 years old, twice the age of the most famous prehistoric paintings at Lascaux.
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Used – The first book in English on the Chauvet cave in the Ardeche Valley in southern France, where more than 300 extraordinary paintings and engravings covering the walls were discovered in 1994. Recent tests have confirmed that they are over 30,000 years old, twice the age of the most famous prehistoric paintings at Lascaux.
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