Paleolithic Cave Paintings
Cave paintings are the earliest expression of permanent, non-portable art, and have been found throughout the world, with the earliest attempts at the beginning of the the Upper Paleolithic period, about 40,000 years ago.
Altamira Cave is the Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic Art, or so it is called.
Chauvet Cave is one of the earliest rock art sites in the world, dating to the Aurignacian period in France, about 30,000-32,000 years ago.
From the Instituto Português de Arqueologia, information on the Côa Valley. English and Portuguese.
Kapova cave is a Paleolithic rock art site in Bashkortotstan in the southern Ural Mountains of Russia
Paleolithic cave art site in the Perigord region of France, discovered by Emile Rivière in the late 19th century.
Lascaux Cave is a wonderful paleolithic art site in the French Dordogne Valley.
The world wide web site of Lascaux Cave is an innovative invention of the French government, both conserving one of the world's most treasured art galleries and permitting untold visitors to see it.
Paleolithic art images and descriptions from the Coa Valley Portugal, from António José Marques da Silva. In French.
The Upper Paleolithic cave site known as Mas d'Azil is located in the Pyrénées of France, and was excavated by Edouard Piette in the 19th century.
