Prehistoric Cave Art and Megalithic Structures in France
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La grotte de Lascaux
Famous cave in Dordogne with prehistoric paintings of animals, ≈17,000 years old.
La grotte Chauvet
Cave in Ardèche with older paintings (≈36,000 years old), including lions and mammoths.
La grotte Cosquer
Cave near Marseille with an underwater entrance, paintings of sea animals and hand stencils.
Une grotte
A cave.
La peinture rupestre
Cave painting.
Un menhir
A tall upright stone placed by humans, often in alignments (rows).
Un dolmen
Table-like stone structure used as a burial chamber.
Un cromlech
Circle or curved alignment of stones, often ceremonial or astronomical.
Un tumulus
A burial mound covered with earth/grass, often with a dolmen inside.
L'alignement de Carnac
Famous site in Brittany with thousands of menhirs, dolmens, and tumuli.
Un monument mégalithique
Megalithic monument (general term for large stone structures).
Une sépulture
A burial or grave.
Une chambre funéraire
Funerary chamber inside a dolmen or tumulus.
Préhistorique
Prehistoric.
L'art pariétal
Wall art (another word for cave paintings).
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