The Discovery of the Lascaux Caves
Four teenage boys go exploring and change history forever...
September 12, 1940
One of the most incredible prehistoric discoveries in history took place eighty-four-years-ago today, when four teenage boys went out to explore the caves near Montignac, France. What they discovered was the most extensive display of prehistoric art known to mankind. The Lascaux caves (Lascaux is an old German word that means “primeval…
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