Lascaux is a network of caves with over 600 parietal wall paintings cover the interior walls and ceilings of the cave. The paintings represent primarily large animals, typical local contemporary fauna that correspond with the fossil record of the Upper Paleolithic in the area. They are the combined effort of many generations and, with continued debate, the age of the paintings is now usually estimated at around 17,000 years.[1]
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Lascaux is featured in Bound and Buried.
One of the paintings in Lascaux.
It was introduced in 3 months after people when one of mankind's oldest treasures endures. The show gave information that for ten of thousands of years, the paintings and engravings, thought to have been drawn by Cro-Magnon man, were entombed in the caves and in 1940, their discovery by modern man stunned the world. Paul Bahn stated that the quality of the paintings are astounding and it is among the most beautiful art every produced by mankind. Undisturbed again, it could survive for thousands of years as long as it stay buried.
Lascaux II starts to fall apart.
In 10 years after people, the show tricked the viewers stated that Lascaux is decaying and its walls are flaking before revealing that it was Lascaux II, built by the French for tourists in 1983 after the original was damaged by the effects of too many visitors. With Lascaux II falling apart, the opposite is happening to the original cave. Without the body heat and daily disturbances of people, the caves that were dubbed the Sistine Chapel of the Ice Age have returned to the natural balance. Paul Bahn stated it will survive another 25,000 to 30,000 years and would be nice just sitting in the darkness.