Chauvet Cave

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title: Chauvet Cave
text: The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. It is located near the commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc on a limestone cliff above the former bed of the river Ardèche, in the Gorges de l'Ardèche. Discovered on December 18, 1994, it is considered one of the most significant prehistoric art sites and the UN's cultural agency UNESCO
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description: French cave with prehistoric paintings
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvet_Cave
date created: 2004-01-24T14:45:06Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T23:04:03Z
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