Lascaux: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Lascaux Grotto • Grotte de Lascaux

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Cave painting depicting a bull and a horse in brown and black pigments on a textured stone wall in Lascaux Grotto, France.

Lascaux cave: Hall of Bulls

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Dordogne

department, France

France

country, Europe

Pre-historic cave painting in the Lascaux cave in Montignac, France

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