Chauvet Cave

cave · 1700 AD – 2100 AD

The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in southern France contains the earliest known and best preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, dating from the Upper Paleolithic. The cave was discovered on December 18, 1994, and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List on June 22, 2014.

Chauvet Cave
Coordinates
44.38812, 4.41614
Dating
attested

Sources

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Chauvet Cave — Ancient Maps