Friday, April 10, 2015

France recreates prehistoric paintings from disputed cave

FILE - A March 6, 2015 photo from files showing drawings of animal figures in the life size replica of Grotte Chauvet, or Chauvet cave, in Vallon Pont d’Arc, near Bollene, southern France. Since most modern humans will never get to see the masterpieces in what is widely known as the Chauvet Cave, scientists, artists and the French government have spent 56 million euros (about $60 million) and several years creating the next best thing: A near-exact replica of the cave a few hundred meters (yards) away, including more than 400 paintings of horses, bears, rhinoceros and mammoths, hand prints and carvings. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File) PRIVAS, France (AP) — Jean-Marie Chauvet noticed air whistling out from a crack on a plateau in southern France, so he and fellow cave enthusiasts went to investigate. What they found that Sunday in 1994 still fills Chauvet's voice with wonder: an immense cave covered with prehistoric paintings of horses, mammoths and rhinos — paintings so vivid, he says, it felt like the Stone Age artists had just moments ago put down their ochre and walked away.








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