The Lascaux cave, located in the commune of Montignac-Lascaux in the Dordogne department in the Vézère Valley, is one of the most notable decorated caves of the Upper Palaeolithic in terms of the quantity and aesthetic quality of its works. It is referred to as "the Sistine Chapel of cave art" at times. It was discovered in 1940 by four local adolescents who found what they thought was just a hole in the Lascaux hill, decided to enlarge it, and came face to face with these drawings created by our Cro-Magnon ancestors.
