thetimes.co.uk - A giant frieze showing lions chasing a herd of bison covers one wall. An abstract drawing featuring female genitalia, a figure that is half-man, half-stag and a bison’s head adorns another. Below is a bear’s skull on a pedestal that may have been an altar.
These are among the masterpieces that went on display yesterday as President Hollande opened a replica of the Chauvet cave in southern France, which contains the world’s oldest known art.
The copy, built at a cost to the French taxpayer of €55 million, combines digital technology with prehistoric techniques.
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