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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Lascaux (Ca. 15,000 b.c.)

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated explanation of the earliest artistic representations attributable to human hands found in caves at Lascaux, France.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Chauvet Cave (Ca. 30,000 b.c.)

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, illustrated article about the prehistoric cave paintings found in a cave in southern France.
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Virtual Museum: Prehistoric Art Mesolithic

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Virtual Museum you can read about various Mesolithic cave paintings located in the Ukraine, Azerbaidzhan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistand, and India. Available in Russian as well.
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Scholastic.com: Visit the Paleolithic Cave at Lascaux

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about cave painting when you visit the Paleolithic Cave at Lascaux through this website. This site provides a photograph, brief history, additional links and more.