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Lascaux Cave

March 1 , 2026 18 hrs 0 min 71 0

The discovery of the Lascaux Cave in 1940 revealed 17,000-year-old prehistoric paintings in southwestern France.
The cave is located near Montignac in the Dordogne region of France.
It contains over 2,000 images and about 6,000 painted or engraved figures.
The paintings belong to the Upper Palaeolithic Magdalenian culture.
Natural pigments like ochre, charcoal and manganese oxide were used in the artwork.