Chauvet: Humanity's First Great Masterpiece
Chauvet: Humanity's First Great Masterpiece
Following a 30-year archaeological, geological and artistic adventure as scientists endeavour to understand and conserve the art of the Chauvet cave. Hidden deep inside France's Gorges de l'Ardèche, the cave was revealed to the modern world for the very first time in 1994. It has over 1,000 paintings adorning its walls and scientists immediately recognised the importance of the discovery
Chauvet: Humanity's First Great Masterpiece airs on BBC Four HD at 8:00 PM, Wednesday 18 November. (Subtitles.)
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Educational
Raj Ghatak
Narrator
Guy Padovani
Director
Caroline Broussaud
Producer