LASCAUX: The Most Famous Cave in all France Not too far away from the town of Montignac, in the western Massif Central and Northern Pyrenees, the cave of Lascaux was discovered. Four teenage boys and their dog discovered it. The four boys, Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coenccus, were out on an expedition, but they found more than they bargained for that day. Their dog wandered away and they searched for him. In the process, the four boys discovered a cave that had
Situated on the Vézère River in France is a little town called Montignac. A short distance from its city limits rests a series of hills and caves that holds the beginnings of Human culture as we know it. The caves are called the “Lascaux Caves,” and within their labyrinthine halls are paintings detailing the worries and woes, the triumphs and victories of a group of people who lived tens of thousands of years ago. The people are called the Magdalenian Culture. They flourished throughout central Europe