The Lascaux Caves

Witness History: Witness Archive 2016

English - September 12, 2016 07:50 - 8 minutes - 4.03 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratings
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On September 12th 1940 a group of French schoolboys discovered the Lascaux caves with their palaeolithic cave paintings in the Vézère Valley in south-western France. It was one of the biggest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Lisa Louis has spoken to Simon Coencas, one of the boys who found the cave.