Collection(s) : Guide patrimoine
Paru le 10/03/2023 | Broché 77 pages
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photos by Ray Delvert | translated by Angela Caldwell and Hilary Koziol
Lascaux The guide
Lascaux is the most famous cave in the world
Early in the Magdalenian Era 20,000 years ago, prehistoric man chose it as a sanctuary. It was decorated with pictures of wild oxen, horses, bison, stags, mountain goats and a multitude of puzzling geometrie signs, creating a breathtaking décor.
By incredibly good fortune, most of the paintings and engravings survived intact until they were discovered on 12 September 1940.
Brigitte and Gilles Delluc, both of whom have doctorates in prehistory, are experts in Lascaux' paintings and engravings, the many artefacts found in the cave and the history of their discovery. As researchers in the Department of Prehistory at France's national museum of natural history in Paris, they took part in the scientific study of the cave conducted un- der the direction of Arlette and André Leroi-Gourhan. They have published two reference works - Les Recherches à Lascaux by A. Glory (pub. by Editions du CNRS) and the Dictionnaire de Lascaux (pub. by Editions Sud Ouest).
