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 ...

Buried treasure: How four teenagers stumbled upon the Lascaux cave paintings. A chance discovery by French schoolboys 80 years ago led to one of the most significant archaeological finds in the world.

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, ...

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.

Here were perfect copies of the cave paintings that have been dubbed the Sistine Chapel of the prehistoric world, the 20,000-year-old images that changed the way modern man perceived Paleolithic man.

Lascaux cave paintings still hide secrets more than 70 years after their discovery On 15 December, a new site called Lascaux 4 will open its door to educate the public about the 20,000 years old ...

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 ...

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 ...