Amid the Second World War, four young boys unearthed a Paleolithic masterpiece when they stumbled upon a cave in southwest ...

The Lascaux IV Caves Museum, designed by Norwegian architects Snøhetta, aims to recreate the experience of the Lascaux Caves, where prehistoric paintings ... 25 artists hand-painted 900 metres ...

The true significance of these magnificent cave paintings at Lascaux and Chauvet in France and at Altamira in Spain remains elusive. But scientists conclude that this art, some of it brilliant ...

It is particularly interesting from an ethnological and anthropological, as well as an aesthetic point of view because of its cave paintings, especially those of the Lascaux Cave, whose discovery in ...

Authorities are anxious to avoid a repeat of the damage done to France's famed Lascaux caves ... French prehistoric paintings ‘oldest and most elaborate’ The Cussac cave is accessed by a ...

In 1963, the French government closed the Lascaux cave, restricting access to some of the world’s best examples of prehistoric art over concerns that carbon dioxide from visitors’ breathing ...

Distinctive, elegant and authoritative, the galleries use interactive technology to interpret the palaeolithic painted cave of Lascaux, the “Sistine Chapel” of rock art. At the heart of the ...