It was in the prehistoric Lascaux cave in south-central France ... only a staff of scientists is admitted. Ever since 1994 film-makers have been petitioning for the chance to record the paintings.

Between 17,000 and 12,000 years ago, unnamed artists covered the extensive Lascaux cave system in France’s Dordogne region with hundreds of paintings of animals and abstract shapes. The ...

The Lascaux cave paintings were accidentally discovered by four teenagers on this day in 1940. Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas stumbled upon the entrance to the ...

Lascaux cave paintings are perhaps the greatest masterpiece ... to spread information about Lascaux and to show educational films about its mysteries.

German film director Werner Herzog is a master ... By comparison, the famous cave art of Lascaux is roughly half as old. Since Chauvet’s discovery in 1994, access has been extremely restricted ...

Lascaux Cave in France is one of many with Stone Age rock art. | Credit: Pictures from History via Getty Images Caves are natural shelters. Throughout our history, humans have made extensive use ...

“Master Sapiens” is a dive into the Lascaux Cave, considered by experts to be the first art school in history. The series is available as one 52′ documentary or two 45′ episodes, produced ...

THE discovery during the War of prehistoric paintings in the Lascaux Caves near Montignac in south-western France is of the highest interest. A large pine tree had blown down, and some French boys ...

A prehistoric map of the night sky has been discovered on the walls of the famous painted caves at Lascaux in central France. It is a map of the prehistoric cosmos According to Dr Rappenglueck, these ...

An exact replica of a cave painting in Lascaux showing a bison and aurochs facing each other, along with small horses and deer. | Patrick Aventurier/GettyImages Between 17,000 and 12,000 years ago ...