Doha: UN cultural agency UNESCO on Sunday granted its prized World Heritage status to a prehistoric cave in southern France containing the earliest known figurative drawings. Delegates at UNESCO's ...

Of exceptional aesthetic ... cave contains the best-preserved expressions of artistic creation of the Aurignacian people, constituting an exceptional testimony of prehistoric cave art. In addition to ...

The cave’s drawings had been cut off from the outside world by a rock fall approximately 20,000 years previously - meaning they were in pristine condition. “They are of exceptional aesthetic ...

“The large number of over 1,000 drawings covering over 8,500sq m, as well as their high artistic and aesthetic quality, make Grotte Chauvet an exceptional testimony of prehistoric cave art.

Prized World Heritage status of the UN cultural agency UNESCO was granted on Sunday to a prehistoric cave in southern France containing the earliest known figurative drawings. Delegates at UNESCO ...