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Monday, 23 June 2014 11:26

French Cave Paintings Added to UNESCO World Heritage List

The Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc. The Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc.

Drawings of mammoths, human footprints and other art carved on cave walls in southern France about 30,000 years ago have been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list.

The U.N. cultural agency says that the Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc contains the best preserved figurative drawings in the world.

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