Lascaux III is a series of five exact reproductions of the cave art (the Nave and Shaft) that, since 2012, have been exhibited in various countries, allowing knowledge of Lascaux to be shared …

The discovery of the monumental Lascaux cave in 1940 brought with it a new era in our knowledge of both prehistoric art and human origins. Today, the cave continues to feed our …

Sep 6, 2016 · Lascaux Cave is famous for its prehistoric cave paintings, dating from c. 17,000 to c. 15,000 BCE. There are close to 600 paintings mostly of animals, such as horses, deer, …

Dec 27, 2025 · Lascaux, cave containing one of the most outstanding displays of prehistoric art yet discovered. Lascaux, together with some two dozen other painted caves and 150 …

Lascaux IV is the only full and exact replica of the original cave. The International Centre of Parietal Art invites you to dream, to imagine, and to follow in the footsteps of our ancestors.

The Lascaux cave or a Montignac-Lascaux, is one of the emblematic places of the Dordogne: it contains a very large number of prehistoric paintings.

Lascaux is a network of caves near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France. Over 600 parietal wall paintings cover the in...

Discovered in 1940, Lascaux is a series of caves in southwestern France (near Montignac) that is famous for the numerous Paleolithic cave paintings contained on its walls.

On 12 September, four teenagers, Marcel Ravidat, Georges Agniel, Simon Coencas and Jacques Marsal, made one of the most prestigious archaeological discoveries of the 20th century: the …

Welcome to Lascaux, the cave among the caves, the most famous of the Périgord, often nicknamed the “Sistine Chapel of Prehistory”. A true national monument and UNESCO world …