Chauvet Cave Paintings

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Researchers believe that some of the most mysterious, abstract designs found in the Chauvet-Pont D'Arc cave may be among the earliest paintings of volcanic eruptions.

Chauvet Cave Paintings Could Depict a 37,000-Year-Old Volcanic Eruption

Mysterious paintings in the “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” led researchers to new evidence of ancient volcanic activity

SMITHSONIANMAG.COM|BY DANNY LEWIS