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Good News in History, December 18
30 years ago today, the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Caves were discovered in southern France containing remarkable cave paintings that are roughly 32,000 years old, the earliest-known...
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On This Day in History
Good News in History, December 18
30 years ago today, the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Caves were discovered in southern France containing remarkable cave paintings that are roughly 32,000 years old, the earliest-known and best-preserved cave art and engravings in the world. The site, located on a limestone cliff above the former bed of the Ardèche River, was first explored a few months after an opening in the Chauvet Cave was discovered. In addition to the paintings of lions, deer, horses, and rhinoceros, other human evidence was discovered from the Paleolithic era, including fossilized remains, footprints, and markings from a variety of animals, some of which are now extinct. READ About the paintings and their discovery... (1995)

























