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some animals are painted on the side of a rock wall in an area that looks like it has been carved

Located in the Dordogne region in southwestern France, these cave paintings are beautifully perseved and estimated to be over 20,000 years old. Most paintings inside the cave depict large animals that were native to the region, representing the environment around the people who painted these elaborate works of early art.

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an abstract painting of horses running through the desert with rocks and grass in the background

Today, on the 12th of September in 1940 the caves of Lascaux in the south of France near to Montignac were discovered by Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas, 4 young people who just roamed the area for some dicoveries as young people do in general. In 1948 the caves were opened…

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some animals that are on the side of a rock wall with other animals painted on it

Rock art, created by the San or Bushmen, is now accepted as having spiritual significance. And while you may admire the polychromatic eland and other animals, so lovingly depicted, the strange patterns and splotches have huge significance too.

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