PARISPARIS — Geologists, biologists and other scientists convened Thursday in Paris to discuss how to stop the spread of fungus stains – aggravated by global warming – that threaten France’s ...

“It’s almost too beautiful,” said the first scientist to descend into the Lascaux caves, according to “Scenes From the Stone Age: The Cave Paintings of Lascaux,” an important and highly engaging new ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Nearly six decades after France's prehistoric Lascaux caves were made off-limits, visitors will be once again be able to tour the site - only this time in virtual reality. The cave ...

PARIS — For many, the Lascaux caves are the honey pot for what became artistic in the Western tradition. In La Peinture Prehistorique Lascaux Ou La Naissance de L’Art, Georges Bataille put forth the ...

Biocides used in recent years to treat the growth of a black fungus on the cave-art-festooned walls of France’s Lascaux cave have eradicated some populations of human-introduced bacteria and fungi.

Discover hidden ancient wonders and sacred ruins where history’s secrets remain protected, waiting to inspire awe and ...

World-renowned French paleoanthropologist Yves Coppens delivers a lecture on the famous cave paintings of Lascaux. The cave system contains nearly 2,000 colorful figures of animals and people in ...

The French art collective Obvious is back with another project featuring artworks generated through artificial intelligence, this time training algorithms to blend prehistoric cave art with ...