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Dec 9, 2011 · In 1994, three French cave explorers discovered hundreds of prehistoric paintings and engravings on the walls of the Chauvet Cave in southern France.
- Lascaux, France
- The Lower Pecos Rock Art in Texas and Mexico
- Sulawesi and Borneo, Indonesia: New Claimants For Oldest Cave Paintings
Discovered in 1940 by some kids and their dog, the Lascaux caves represented the motherlode of European rock art for many decades. French priest and amateur prehistorian Abbé Henri Breuil termed it “the Sistine Chapelof Prehistory”. Despite being surpassed by the 1994 discovery of Chauvet cave (also in France), with its stunning animal depictions d...
Despite being quite young by prehistoric standards (the oldest examples are four thousand years old), the cave paintings of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands on the Texas-Mexico border have all the elements of the best cave art anywhere in the world. Of particular interest are the many “anthropomorph” figures, a term researchers have given to the heavily...
In 2014, it was discovered that rock art paintings in the Maros-Pangkep caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi date to between 40,000 – 45,000 years ago. Depicting animal forms and handprints, these paintings have become contenders for the title of oldest cave paintings anywhere. In 2018, human and animal paintings of roughly the same age were ...
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Feb 3, 2023 · In 1994, a team led by Jean-Marie Chauvet discovered a cave in France that contains some of the most aesthetically pleasing works of prehistoric art. The cave which, as described by Britannica, bears Chauvet's name, is huge at over 91,000 square feet, but it is the 32,000-year-old art that truly makes it special. In multiple galleries are ...
- Maltravieso Cave—Cáceres, Spain. (64,000 Years Old)
- Caves in the District of Maros… Again—Indonesia (43,900 Years Old)
- Lubang Jeriji Saléh Cave—East Kalimantan, Borneo (40,000 Years Old)
- Cave of El Castillo— Spain. (40,000 Years Old)
- Chauvet Cave, France. The Chauvet-Pont-d’ Arc Cave, widely known simply as the Chauvet Cave is one of the most famous prehistoric cave art sites. In addition to being home to some of the oldest cave paintings in the world - these are estimated to be created about 30,000 to 32,000 years BP - it also contains some of the most beautifully preserved examples of prehistoric cave art.
- Cave of Altamira, Spain. The Cave of Altamira in Cantabria, Spain, is home to some of the most famous cave paintings in the world. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of visitors took their toll and in the 1970s, the incredibly well preserved cave paintings dating back to 35,500 years started to show signs of damage.
- Leang Timpuseng Cave, Indonesia. Cave paintings in the Leang Timpuseng Cave in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, have radically changed the understanding of the earliest human creativity.
- Kakadu National Park, Australia. Recognized by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural significance in 1981, the Kakadu National Park is also famous for containing one of the highest concentrations of rock art in the world.
Nov 25, 2022 · While there have been several prehistoric cave discoveries across the world, there's only one place where you can witness the best-preserved and oldest-known paintings — The Grotte Chauvet (Chauvet Cave) in southeastern France.
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Oct 5, 2021 · Images painted, drawn or carved onto rocks and cave walls—which have been found across the globe—reflect one of humans’ earliest forms of communication, with possible connections to...
