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RE: Grotte de Lascaux

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The Paleolithic Painted Cave of Lascaux

The Dordogne, France: Lascaux's Prehistoric Cave Paintings

The Lascaux Prehistory Of Art

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The Lascaux cave was discovered on September 12, 1940 by four teenagers, Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas, as well as Marcel's dog, Robot. The cave complex was opened to the public in 1948. By 1955, the carbon dioxide produced by 1,200 visitors per day had visibly damaged the paintings. The cave was closed to the public in 1963 in order to preserve the art. After the cave was closed, the paintings were restored to their original state, and were monitored on a daily basis. Rooms in the cave include The Hall of the Bulls, the Passageway, the Shaft, the Nave, the Apse, and the Chamber of Felines.
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Lascaux cave

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Grotte de Lascaux

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A cave painting in the Lascaux Grotto in France dating back to the lower palaeolithic period - some 200,000 years ago, shows a figure that appears to be pinching his nostrils shut and pointing to a dog-like creature drawn without a nose.

This may depict the oldest joke in the world.

Latitude: 45.053000N Longitude: 1.172000E

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The Grotte de Lascaux was discovered in 1940 by four boys who were, according to popular myth, looking for their dog and fell into a deep cavern decorated with marvellously preserved animal paintings. Executed by Cro-Magnon people 17,000 years ago, the paintings are among the finest examples of prehistoric art in existence. There are five or six identifiable styles, and subjects include the bison, mammoth and horse, plus the biggest known prehistoric drawing, of a 5.5-metre bull with astonishingly expressive head and face. In 1948, the cave was opened to the public, and over the course of the next fifteen years more than a million tourists came to Lascaux. Sadly, because of deterioration from the body heat and breath of visitors, the cave had to be closed in 1963; now you have to be content with the replica known as Lascaux II, 2km south of Montignac.

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