Chauvet Cave in the valley of the Ardèche River in France is filled with paintings, engravings and drawings created more than 30 000 years ago, of cave lions, mammoths, rhinos, bison, cave bears and horses. It contains the earliest known cave paintings, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. It is situated on a limestone cliff above the former bed of the Ardèche River. The cave was first explored on December 18, 1994. As well as the paintings they discovered fossilised…

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In 1994, cave explorers Eliette Brunel-Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, and Jean-Marie Chauvet made a world-changing discovery. In southern France, the explorers felt drafts of air shooting up from the ground. After a bit of digging they discovered a tiny shaft leading into the depths of the earth. Squeezing into that narrow hole, they leapt into the unknown. […]

“These paintings in Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in France are more than 36,000 years old.”

In 1994, cave explorers Eliette Brunel-Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, and Jean-Marie Chauvet made a world-changing discovery. In southern France, the explorers felt drafts of air shooting up from the ground. After a bit of digging they discovered a tiny shaft leading into the depths of the earth. Squeezing into that narrow hole, they leapt into the unknown. […]

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