and some French boys wandering with their dog in the vicinity found under its roots the entrance to a hitherto unknown cave. On the walls were innumerable paintings, many of them of large size ...

A 45,500-year-old cave painting of a wild pig found in Indonesia is considered the oldest known figurative art. This ...

Over the years, archaeologist Randall White of New York University and his colleagues have discovered various artistic items of southern France’s Abri Castanet, a shallow cave in the Vexere valley, ...

Casson Mann designed the interior of this new cave art museum in France. London design studio Casson Mann created an entire visitor experience for the new attraction in France, using interactive ...

From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that ...

20 September 2025 - 9 days for £5,395 per person. Embark on a captivating journey through time as you explore key Neanderthal and Upper Palaeolithic sites of southern France, from Bordeaux to ...

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 ...

The World Heritage site of Chauvet Cave in southern France is famous—and a source of both wonder and controversy—for having the world’s oldest cave paintings. When the cave was discovered in ...

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 ...

Deep within a French cave, researchers may have uncovered ... including vulva-shaped depressions. Cave art of animals, such as horses, has also been found in Ségognole 3. Researchers believe ...