Who Discovered The Lascaux Cave Paintings? Marcel Ravidat, who in 1940 discovered the Lascaux cave paintings whose brilliantly colored renderings of prehistoric animals had been sealed from view for 17,000 years, died on Wednesday at his home in the village Montignac in the Dordogne region of southwestern France. He was 72. How old is the
How Old Is The Oldest Cave In The World? The term usually implies prehistoric origin, and the oldest known are more than 44,000 years old (art of the Upper Paleolithic), found in both the Franco-Cantabrian region in western Europe, and in the caves in the district of Maros (Sulawesi, Indonesia). How old is the oldest
What Country Discovered Cave Paintings? Near Montignac, France, a collection of prehistoric cave paintings are discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the ancient artwork after following their dog down a narrow entrance into a cavern. Where is the first ever discovered cave painting? The oldest known cave painting is a red hand stencil in