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To reach the only place in the world where cave paintings of prehistoric marine life have been found, archaeologists have to dive to the bottom of the Mediterranean off southern France.
Then they have to negotiate a 137-meter (yard) natural tunnel into the rock, passing through the mouth of the cave until they emerge into a huge cavern, much of it now submerged.
Three men died trying to discover this “underwater Lascaux” as rumors spread of a cave to match the one in southwestern France that completely changed the way we see our Stone Age ancestors.
Lascaux—which Picasso visited in 1940—proved the urge to make art is as old as humanity itself. Read more.
“The symbols seen on relics from Stone Age Europe are also found in caves throughout the rest of the world. The similarities suggest the marks are more than just random scribbles…”
Prehistoric Axeheads, ‘The World Of Stonehenge’ Exhibition, The British Museum
Prehistoric Auroch Skull with Embedded Neolithic Axehead from Cambridgeshire (3370 to 2800BCE), ‘The World Of Stonehenge’ Exhibition, The British Museum
Phallic Carved Stone and Bowl from Knowth (circa 3200 to 2800BCE), ‘The World Of Stonehenge’ Exhibition, The British Museum
Prehistoric Carved Chalk Drums, ‘The World Of Stonehenge’ Exhibition, The British Museum
Rock Art Panel Casts from The Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, (circa 3000 to 2500BCE), ‘The World Of Stonehenge’ Exhibition, The British Museum
Roundhouse Interiors, Melin Llynon Recreated Prehistoric Roundhouses, Llanddeusant, Anglesey, Wales
Roundhouse Interiors, Melin Llynon Recreated Prehistoric Roundhouses, Llanddeusant, Anglesey, Wales
Roundhouse Interiors, Melin Llynon Recreated Prehistoric Roundhouses, Llanddeusant, Anglesey, Wales
Reconstructed Prehistoric Roundhouses at Melin Llynon, Llanddeusant, Anglesey,Wales
Gold Cups and Bronze Amphora from Denmark (1000 to 700BCE), ‘The World Of Stonehenge’ Exhibition, The British Museum
Prehistoric Polished Stone Axeheads, ‘The World Of Stonehenge’ Exhibition, The British Museum
Edderton Cist Cairn, Edderton, Scotland
Edderton Stone Circle and Cist Cairn, Edderton, Scotland
Edderton Stone Circle and Cist Cairn, Edderton, Scotland
Avielochan Prehistoric Chambered Cairn, nr. Aviemore, The Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
Avielochan Prehistoric Chambered Cairn, nr. Aviemore, The Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
Various Neolithic Decorated Maceheads, ‘The World Of Stonehenge’ Exhibition, The British Museum
The Knowth Neolithic Flint Macehead (3300 - 2800BCE), ‘The World Of Stonehenge’ Exhibition, The British Museum
Avielochan Prehistoric Chambered Cairn, nr Aviemore, The Cairngorms, Scotland