La Grotte De Lascaux
La Grotte de Lascaux, translated into the Caves of Lascaux, is a cave network in the south of France, which contains some of the most impressive Paleolithic cave paintings in the world. Even though the paintings were created 15,000 years ago they are sometimes referred to as "the prehistoric Sistine Chapel".
The discovery of La Grotte de Lascaux is not very well documented. Lascaux is located on the west side of the river Vézère in the south of France. This area is well known for having about 30 prehistoric sites. Though the dates are unclear it is safe to say that in early September of 1940 four teenage boys accidently discovered the caves. Some say that the hole was actually found by the boys' dog that got stuck, while others say the hole opened up when a tree fell on their property. What is for certain is the teenagers, Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas had stumbled upon a very important discovery. They returned to visit the caves and soon after......
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