Lions in the Prehistoric Chauvet Cave, France

A cave filled with lions! Chauvet Cave in southern France is a gallery of painted lions made during the Paleolithic Age, or New Stone Age. These prehistoric paintings are more than 30,000 years old! Learn more in this bite-sized video!

Main artwork:

Panel of the Lions, c. 32,000 BCE, cave of Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc in Ardèche, France