Prehistoric Art
September 1, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
There are hundreds of caves in this area that have art work in them from 15,000 years ago. The most famous one, in Lascaux, is closed to the public permanently so we visited 2 others today, one atRead more


TravelerI never knew France had caves like this. Very interesting!
TravelerThat’s amazing. What is the paint made out of?
TravelerReds were made from iron oxides, aka rust, and the blacks were from charcoal and/or magnesium dioxide. -Dan