Chauvet Cave

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The Chauvet Cave or Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave is a cave located near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, in the [[Ard�che]] [[d�partement]], in southern France.

The cave contains the oldest known cave paintings, dated at about 32,000 years old.

It was named after Jean-Marie Chauvet, who discovered it on December 18,1994.

See also: Painting

External links

• http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/fr/
• http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/label_france/ENGLISH/SCIENCES/CHAUVET/cha.html

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Chauvet_Cave" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvet_Cave, used under the GNU Free Documentation License