Landmark Europe archaeological
Lascaux Cave
19,000 years ago
Paleolithic cave in southern France containing some of the most famous prehistoric paintings of animals and symbols
Wikipedia
The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.
Lascaux on Wikipedia.
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19,000 years ago — older than the timeline's axis, which begins at 9000 BCE. Drawn to the same scale as the rest of the canvas, everything since would be a single pixel, so Lascaux Cave sits on the deep-time shelf instead.
Image credits1 picture from Wikimedia Commons
- LascauxEU · Public domain
