- This led to restriction of access to the real caves to a few visitors every week, and the creation of a replica cave for visitors to Lascaux.
- Lascaux Cave in France. Starting with its discovery, the cave was discovered by a couple of boys trying to find their dog in the early part of the 20th century.
- Lascaux II, a replica of two of the cave halls — the Great Hall of the Bulls and the Painted Gallery — was opened in 1983, 200 metres from the original.
- The pair had quite literally stumbled across the one of the earliest known examples of man-made art – the Lascaux cave paintings.
- The discovery of the monumental Lascaux cave in 1940 brought with it a new era in our knowledge of both prehistoric art and human origins.
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- While the original caves are now closed to the public (see box), a site known as Lascaux 4 will open its doors nearby, on 15 December 2016.
- As a result Lascaux was closed in 1963. The paintings were restored to their original state, but the cave is now open only to conservators and a few experts.
- The results of these procedures will be largely used to try and solve the problems faced at Lascaux. The Lascaux cave itself has been recreated in 3D.
- One day in September 1940, Marcel Ravidat and his pals found something extraordinary – the Lascaux Cave. This cave, with its complex animal drawings on the...
