1. Paleolithic Cave Paintings
Social Studies
Mrs. Baldwin
7th Grade

2. Cave Paintings at Lascaux in France: These paintings were discovered in 1940 by a group of four boys exploring a cave in Lascaux, France. These were painted during the Paleolithic era ~15,000 BC.

3. Lascaux

4. Lascaux

5. The Chauvet Cave in Ardeche, France: This cave was discovered in 1994, and contains the oldest cave paintings discovered to date in Europe. These Paleolithic paintings are thought to have been painted 30,000 years ago.

6. Chauvet

7. Chauvet

8. Altamira Caves in Monte Vispieres, Spain: These caves were discovered in 1879 and have Paleolithic paintings dating back to ~18,500 years ago.

9. Altamira

10. Altamira

11. Cosquer Cave in Marseille, France: This cave was discovered in 1985 by a diver, but the artwork was not discovered until The entrance to the cave is underwater, though the Paleolithic art gallery is in an upward sloping chamber that is not completely submerged.

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13. Cosquer

14. Côa Valley in Portugal: These Paleolithic cave carvings were discovered in the late 1980’s and are dated from ~22,000-10,000 BC.

15. Côa Valley

16. Kapova Cave in Bashkortostan, Russia: These caves were first discovered in 1760 and were re-examined in the 1950’s. These Prehistoric paintings are ~14,000 years old.

17. Kapova Cave