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 gracious rated 38 months ago- On Sunday, December 18, 1994, Jean-Marie Chauvet led his two friends, Éliette Brunel and Christian Hillaire, on the Cirque d'Estre toward the cliffs. A faint air current emanating from a small opening at the end of a small cave had attracted his attention and he now wanted to satisfy his curios...
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23 Reviews
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- untemperedschism rated 6 weeks ago
- Perhaps the oldest mural art site in the world, dominated by a strange range of animals not typical in period diets as early as 32,000 years ago. The site is technically sophisticated, so those with slow-loading computers may be frustrated, but the images of the art are not as impressive, and some of the text interpretation is a bit succinct and may even undersell the cave's significance.
- kaLutZ rated 4 months ago
- an adventure
- SweetShay2008 rated 5 months ago
- This is really neat. I love the lines and the depth.
- fairenough rated 32 months ago
- WORLD CLASS CAVE HAS IT ALL LETS EXPLORE..............fairenough
- choim rated 32 months ago
- The presentation here made me feel like an ancient ancestor back in a long cave drawing pictures. I felt there, looking at quiet, calcite-covered bumps that live in the dark, being inside creature-earth.
- connectedgeeknet rated 8 months ago
- The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc ;)
- Wobbles rated 35 months ago
- visiting a good cave can nearly feel like visiting another planet. Amazing differences between several above ground and cave dwelling creatures.
- fiddlefye rated 32 months ago
- Wonderful to see the inside of the cave, sad that the website wouldn't work properly for me (I couldn't get the enlarged images) and the loading times are a bit trying (well, by modern standards at least!).
- RenfieldDN rated 32 months ago
- Sounds like an interesting place, but horrible web design. Guh. Takes forever for each tiny piece to load.
- yetikeeper rated 34 months ago
- It's the only way you will ever get to visit the cave.
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