And there’s a common thread through the entire thing: how scientists are researching to find out about our long-gone history. You can also see how some elements have be re-created. The next part is what I enjoyed the most: in a large hall you learn more about the animals, the artefacts found in the caves, and more. That’s why Lascaux is magical: you leave with more questions than you came. And it’s strange that there are no reindeer in the images, because it was the animals they hunted the most. (The first and second largest are the Gironde, round Bordeaux, and the Landes, to the southwest. You’ll see depictions of horses, and also aurochs, woolly mammoths, a rhino and an oryx. The Dordogne valley at this point is marked by a series of major dams, such as the Barrage de lAigle, providing hydro-electricity to the French grid for over 70 years. The Dordogne is the third largest département in France, with a total area of 9,200 square kilometres. Why did our ancestors make these? What do the thousands of drawings all mean? Are they ‘simply’ scenes from their everyday life? Why so many animals and so few landscapes? They also used the relief of the natural rock wall as well, for example to make an animal seem like it’s coming off the wall. ‘It’s sprayed on by blowing paint through the hollow of an animal bone.’ It has a remarkable effect. ‘It’s “airbrushed”‘ says me guide Gwenn Rigal, when he sees me stare.
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