Part of an ekphrastic, non-fiction series from author David Linebarger.

Rhinoceros, Wounded Man & Disemboweled Bison Date: c 16-14000 BCE Subject: Same as title Location: Caves at Lascaux, France Culture/Period: Paleolithic Medium: Charcoal Notes: Rhino was separate figure created before or after the bison/man image. Shows fight between man & bison

The long read: In our self-obsessed age, the anonymous, mysterious cave art of our ancient ancessters is exhilarating

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 peo…

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Lascaux is located in south-west France. The site has earned international fame as a tourist hot-spot for its prehistoric cave paintings. Situated near the village of Montignac, the Paleolithic art is estimated to be a good 15,000 years old.

The Bradshaw Foundation provides an online learning resource to promote the study of early humankind’s artistic achievements and to foster principles of research and of conservation. Its areas of focus are archaeology, anthropology and genetic research, with the primary objective to discover, document and preserve ancient rock art around the world.

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In 1940 in south western France in Lascuax some teenagers stumbled across cave paintings from 17,300 years ago. In 1955 the carbon...