Lascaux’s Hall of Bulls contains the largest known animal image in cave art. Horses are the most frequently depicted animals in Lascaux with a total of 364 images, followed by groups of felines ...

T he story of the discovery of the prehistoric cave paintings in Lascaux, in the Dordogne region of southwest France, is one worthy of a Boys’ Own adventure ripping yarn. On 12 September 1940 ...

Photographer Bernard Sury focuses a camera on cave paintings at Lascaux, 1947. Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Not published in LIFE. Inside Lascaux, 1947.

These four men found the Lascaux cave paintings in 1940. They returned to the cave entrance for this 1986 photo. From left to right, they are Georges Agniel, Simon Coencas, ...

The discovery of what would soon become known as the world's premier example of prehistoric art occurred by accident. In 1940, four teenage friends were exploring the woods in southern France when ...

French President Francois Hollande visits Lascaux 4, a new replica of the prehistoric paintings of the Lascaux cave, in Montignac, on December 10, 2016. Regis Duvignau/AFP/Getty Images.

When Norwegian architects Snøhetta were invited to compete for a new museum at France’s world-renowned cave painting site Lascaux, founding partner Kjetil Thorsen admits to being ‘a bit frightened’.

Kevin O’Leary’s “Lascaux,” now having its world premiere run in a production by the Pie Man Theatre, takes the actual discovery of prehistoric cave paintings in France in 1940 as a source ...

Lascaux’s Hall of Bulls contains the largest known animal image in cave art. Horses are the most frequently depicted animals in Lascaux with a total of 364 images, followed by groups of felines ...