Meet Our Ancestors
Chauvet Cave: a 36,000-year-old art gallery, normally closed to the public, opens to everyone through immersive tech
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When cavemen discovered art
Step back in time to the dawn of creativity 36,000 years ago
Step inside
Enter the mysterious site that's normally closed to the public
Launch the immersive experience on SteamVR
Who were our ancestors?
Play a game to discover just how much we have in common with prehistoric humans
Untouched from 34,000 BCE to 1994
The story behind the surprising discovery
Closed to the public, open in AR
Drop the cave in front of you and experience the cave paintings in Augmented Reality
Hold the Cave in Your Hand
Prehistoric France comes to you in this Pocket Gallery
Where art started
Go on a chamber-by-chamber journey through the cave
The World's First Art Gallery
A brief history of one of Mankind's first masterpieces
The original underground art scene
A closer look at how and why our ancestors decorated the Chauvet Cave
Caveman or copycat?
Discover how cave art made a comeback
Rock of ages
Explore the ways the art of the past is still alive today
Digging deeper
Discover more about the Chauvet Cave and its inhabitants
Take a walk on the wild side
And explore the nature that inspired the drawings
6 Extinct Animals You Won't Find Alive in the Cave Today
It wasn't only our ancestors who roamed these caves...
Chauvet Cave, recreated
Making the Chauvet experience available to the public
Beyond Chauvet
Discover other examples of prehistoric cave art
Continue your journey into the cave...
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