The Lascaux cave paintings were accidentally discovered by four teenagers on this day in 1940. Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas stumbled upon the entrance to the ...

The ancient caves of Lascaux in southern France -- long famous for their prehistoric drawings of animals -- have now revealed a new marvel: the oldest known map of the night sky. Researchers say one ...

A map of the Pleiades star cluster has also been found among the Lascaux frescoes. And another pattern of stars, drawn 14,000 years ago, has been identified in a cave in Spain. According to German ...

The Lascaux cave complex contains more than 600 paintings and around 1500 engravings of animals, abstract symbols, and a single human-like figure. (Humans are rarely depicted in any of the ...

Marc Gaulthier, who heads the Lascaux Caves International Scientific Committee, said the challenges facing the group are vast and global warming now poses an added problem.

The Lascaux cave complex contains more than 600 paintings and around 1500 engravings of animals, abstract symbols, and a single human-like figure. (Humans are rarely depicted in any of the ...