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Lascaux cave paintings discovered
Near Montignac, France, a collection of prehistoric cave
paintings are discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the
ancient artwork after following their dog down a narrow entrance
into a cavern. The 15,000- to 17,000-year-old paintings,
consisting mostly of animal representations, are among the finest
examples of art from the Upper Paleolithic period.
First studied by the French archaeologist Henri-Édouard-Prosper
Breuil, the Lascaux grotto consists of a main cavern 66 feet wide
and 16 feet high. The walls of the cavern are decorated with some
600 painted and drawn animals and symbols and nearly 1,500
engravings. The pictures depict in excellent detail numerous
types of animals, including horses, red deer, stags, bovines,
felines, and what appear to be mythical creatures. There is only
one human figure depicted in the cave: a bird-headed man with an
erect phallus. Archaeologists believe that the cave was used over
a long period of time as a center for hunting and religious
rites.
The Lascaux grotto was opened to the public in 1948 but was
closed in 1963 because artificial lights had faded the vivid
colors of the paintings and caused algae to grow over some of
them. A replica of the Lascaux cave was opened nearby in 1983 and
receives tens of thousands of visitors annually.
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