Chauvet cave

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In 1994, cave explorers Eliette Brunel-Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, and Jean-Marie Chauvet made a world-changing discovery. In southern France, the explorers felt drafts of air shooting up from the ground. After a bit of digging they discovered a tiny shaft leading into the depths of the earth. Squeezing into that narrow hole, they leapt into the unknown. […]

When was art born? Have you ever thought about art in that aspect? Was the birth of art incidental or something that came about due to deliberate thought and action? We are sure that the

“These paintings in Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in France are more than 36,000 years old.”

Chauvet (34,000 BCE)

Cave Painting . Chauvet . France

In 1994, cave explorers Eliette Brunel-Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, and Jean-Marie Chauvet made a world-changing discovery. In southern France, the explorers felt drafts of air shooting up from the ground. After a bit of digging they discovered a tiny shaft leading into the depths of the earth. Squeezing into that narrow hole, they leapt into the unknown. […]

Wiki: The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southern France is a cave that contains the earliest known and best preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. It is located near the commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc on a limestone cliff above the former bed of the Ardèche River, in the Gorges de l'Ardèche. Discovered on December 18, 1994, it is considered one of the most significant prehistoric art sites. The cave was…

Discovered on Sunday 18 December 1994 by Jean-Marie Chauvet, Éliette Brunel and Christian Hillaire during a private speleological exploration, the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave is one of the oldest decorated Palaeolithic caves in the world.