the copy is a very good copy, apparently, and I wouldn't mind seeing one that good if it will preserve the original. I'd really hate to be among those who destroyed it, even accidentally. I'm glad that France is protecting it. I'd love to see the copy.
lol I feel like I've seen a bunch of different cave paintings from many different places all drawing horses fat like that. I can't remember any specific examples, so maybe I'm imagining it.
this video was really informative and beautifully shot, props to the team for capturing the essence of the Dordogne. however, i can't help but feel that focusing on the cave paintings oversimplifies the rich history of the region. there’s so much more to explore beyond just Lascaux, don’t you think?
I've read that humans have had the same intellect, thinking processes for hundreds of thousands of years as we humans do today. Imagine how different it would be to be born in such a prehistoric time period.
It's amazing because they were just as complex, they had rich cultures and customs and technology. They had medicines from herbs and funguses and some of them were actually rather effective. They had art, music, dance, their own science. Just their materials were natural and decomposed, the way it should be.
Maybe it was mushies or maybe he just killed his first mammoth with his bare hands. Or heck maybe it was an ancient mom who boiled her first poached egg
Or maybe the bull is the constellation Taurus and they believed the ancient ones traveled through solar flare stargates. This could explain the solstice alignments at every monolith.
The caves are banned from letting the public view it due to carbon fading the paintings away. Only one man is allowed to enter so he can record the carbon levels in the cave.
Altamira in Spain has the same preservation policy - a separate cave is a replica made for tourists. Actually getting a sound byte from the English speaking tour guide really helps -for he has all the current info about the place the Magdalenians occupy in the evolution of our species...,They are considered modern humans. And there is no doubt that they walked this area at the same time as Neanderthals - they have found Neanderthal genes in the Near East.
Fascinating!!! I've always wanted to travel to Lascaux and surrounding areas to see all this with my own eyes. --- It would be great if someone could go into the real cave with a camera and also take LIDAR info to show the real thing online ... some day maybe?
@@dawngw26 There is a very important connection between the reigning family in Monaco (the Grimaldis) and the preservation and education about the cave paintings in France...,the family has been the main funding behind original hand drawn copies of this art and published valuable books of these drawings.
I really hope to see this one day! That reproduction looks amazing, but I would die of happiness to get into the original, if only for 5 minutes! Somebody's going in every so often to check on things-if I hit the lottery, I'd try to find out who that is, & offer them any price to go with them!
why, you dont need to go in there, it needs to be protected, the reproduction looks identical. the original needs to be safe not just available to whoever has the most money to offer.
Awesome! Truly amazing. It's like a window into life 20,000 years ago. Sure, it's a replica, but a very well done replica, and I'd rather have the originals preserved than risk ruining them just to appease my own selfish skepticism. Don't let the Christians see this, though. A book about talking snakes, talking bushes and a wooden ocean liner that could hold all of the world's animals, and most Christians are likely to think THIS is a hoax...oh, the irony...
Interesting painting. I am surprised at how high the painting was on the ceiling, and that just causes greater admiration for their primitive (or not so primitive) culture. GO HUMANITIES!
It has been suggested that Neandertals, as well as modern humans, may have painted caves. Hoffmann et al. used uranium-thorium dating of carbonate crusts to show that cave paintings from three different sites in Spain must be older than 64,000 years. These paintings are the oldest dated cave paintings in the world. Importantly, they predate the arrival of modern humans in Europe by at least 20,000 years ‼, which suggests that they must be of Neandertal origin. These 3 places are: 1. La Pasiega (Cantabria), Northern Spain. 2. a hand stencil in Maltravieso (Extremadura), Central-Western Spain. 3. red-painted speleothems in Ardales (Andalusia), Southern Spain.
The image of the largest bull has some dots behind it which makes me think of Taurus, identified by finding the pliedes/seven sisters and thus the starsign to the left. Also the fact that the coloured part of the image is the only part drawn out in the night sky, the rest just being an outline. Anyone think that there is something to this?
They sure look amazing. I haven't been there yet but I'd really love to visit that cave in France 🇫🇷 sometime in the future. It became a popular tourist attraction after the World War II but it has been closed to the public since 1963 due to the breath and sweat of visitors created carbon dioxide and humidity that would destroy the paintings. So nobody is ever allowed to visit that cave in France 🇫🇷 unfortunately but they can only visit the replica one known as Lascaux II. Lascaux has become one of the forbidden places in the world where no one is ever allowed to visit. Those cave paintings are about 17,000 years old. Anyway greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
A magical video don't you think? These people were living a very simple life like we do today. Just more simple, yet they might have been more complex than we think.
The Lascaux cave was made by prehistoric people,one is bigger than a giraffe, it was closed becuase people's temperature was too much pressure for the paintings,so they closed it and made a art gallery of a copy of all of the paintings.
It's interesting how France has always been such an artistic country. Even the French cavemen were artistic! LOL. It must be genetic with them. No wonder France has always excelled when it comes to art, fashion, designs, etc... It's in their blood.
And so these become interesting as we look at pre history and understand the human capability and the possible spiritual or religious meaning of these then. To go further we can explore social structure language origin and environment supply and demand say to dig deeper into those possible meanings.
Have Forensic Scientists examined the walls for ancient DNA traces which had to have been also preserved . The artists would have been leaning on the walls as they worked. Also with the multiple Stencil handprint artworks found from Spain to France to Argentina, some DNA traces must also have been preserved given how well the charcoal /earth pigments have survived the last 30,000 years. I think that such a project would make for a very exciting study?
I am guessing you are joking...there were no French people then...no Spanish people, no German people, just people people. There is beautiful paleolithic art in both South Africa and in Australia. We just usually only see the European material for some reason. The art in Australian caves is very different, more inward, and spiritual.
No issues at all...have done many lectures on the area, going back to the remarkable Atapuerca caves in Spain, paleolithic art in Spain and France, the lives of ancient humans in the area between 15,000 and 40,000 years ago. Lots of fun...just no nationalities then, still hunter gatherers. Fascinating stuff.
they dont allow people in the original cave anymore because people damage the paintings so they made a model and thats where people go now. they want to preserver the original cave
+Noah Rupert NOOOO because they are getting destroyed by (so many people caming in) the air of the caves changes and mold are detroying them inside. The same thing is happening with the caves in Spain.
Do you guys think there’s still caves in France that still have not been discovered? In my opinion France is a big country I bet there’s still areas in that country that have not been discovered. What do you think?
The last two caves discovered were Chauvet (1994) and Cosquer (1991). There are probably others who have not found yet, either because their entrances are under sea level, or because they have been sealed by landsldes or filled with sediments. If and when we will find other similar places in France is unknowable. But everything that can be reached from the surface without digging has probably been found.
One of the most interesting aspects is that the cave went thru several occupations over 20,000 years. Each group adding to the body of work and thus indicating that the purpose and meaning was thus understood for that entire period while we have no idea what the 5000 year old Sphinx is about.
Yes, of course. We would never think that truth is important, nor would we ever think that, if it really happened like that that others might say so, too. Or that allegory and story--every story--have a point. Apparently you haven 't talked seriously with many serious Christians. Please don't sneer until you have the facts. I don't take Rick Steves quite at face value. I used to live in Edmonds, his home town. But I find this video interesting and informative. Now I'll go to church.
Thank you for this nice video ! If you want to know how Lascaux cave was discovered, watch the video the Discovery of Lascaux cave on Videoguide Nouvelle-Aquitaine channel. There is also another video about the original Lascaux cave and its reproductions (Lascaux II, Lascaux III, Lascaux IV).
Yes, of course. We would never think that truth is important, or that, if it happened that way that others would say so, too (the Bible never says that the flood or Eden story is original to it), or that a story has a point that may not be the words of the story. Come, talk to a few of us serious Christians before you sneer at us.
the copy is a very good copy, apparently, and I wouldn't mind seeing one that good if it will preserve the original. I'd really hate to be among those who destroyed it, even accidentally. I'm glad that France is protecting it. I'd love to see the copy.
I went here 1990 it was extrordinary never forgotten it
ok boomer
This is one of my top shows of all time. Rick Steves is fantastic with this show. Thank you very much for decades of enjoyment!
Came here from kurzgesagt
You beat me to it
This was quick
samee
I comment on a 20 likes video, knowing i'll be popular soon
omg samee
Saw these as a kid. Incredible.
I like the fat horses they drew.
Same xD
lol
I feel like I've seen a bunch of different cave paintings from many different places all drawing horses fat like that.
I can't remember any specific examples, so maybe I'm imagining it.
horses are fat
this video was really informative and beautifully shot, props to the team for capturing the essence of the Dordogne. however, i can't help but feel that focusing on the cave paintings oversimplifies the rich history of the region. there’s so much more to explore beyond just Lascaux, don’t you think?
Absolutely ! Wonderful area to visit.
I've read that humans have had the same intellect, thinking processes for hundreds of thousands of years as we humans do today. Imagine how different it would be to be born in such a prehistoric time period.
It's amazing because they were just as complex, they had rich cultures and customs and technology. They had medicines from herbs and funguses and some of them were actually rather effective. They had art, music, dance, their own science. Just their materials were natural and decomposed, the way it should be.
@@Goldenretriever-k8mI agree
Im here because of Kurgzgesagt
same here
These paintings flickered in firelight plus hallucogenic mushrooms = cinema.
Or an ancient medicine man seeing the rain a la brother bear
Maybe it was mushies or maybe he just killed his first mammoth with his bare hands. Or heck maybe it was an ancient mom who boiled her first poached egg
Or maybe the bull is the constellation Taurus and they believed the ancient ones traveled through solar flare stargates. This could explain the solstice alignments at every monolith.
They're even set at an angle similar to a flat screen TV. You could simply recline and enjoy.
I’ve seen the copy and you absolutely could not tell it wasn’t the real thing. It was breathtaking, and I recommend everyone see it
That French tour guide has a very warm and rich vocal tone! Sounds like a Disney character.
But he reminds me of the crazy "Mi scusi" guy in train on a movie "Euro Trip" LOL
From john green’s book!! 😍
This video really helped me out in my project
Yes, my homework
Same
Brobro.... Prometheans unite
Same
what?
I dont get it
The caves are banned from letting the public view it due to carbon fading the paintings away. Only one man is allowed to enter so he can record the carbon levels in the cave.
General G. S. Patton Only scientists are allowed to enter it
@@purplehumanz yes the person who comes in to record the carbon levels is most likely a scientist
Just came from a week in the region and toured Lascaux IV the large replica -- it's absolutely a must-see.
Altamira in Spain has the same preservation policy - a separate cave is a replica made for tourists. Actually getting a sound byte from the English speaking tour guide really helps -for he has all the current info about the place the Magdalenians occupy in the evolution of our species...,They are considered modern humans. And there is no doubt that they walked this area at the same time as Neanderthals - they have found Neanderthal genes in the Near East.
I like the old narration of historic places it gives a more distinct vibe of the place and it's history. Good old days 😀
Is anyone else here because their social studies teacher assigned this video?
yash
General History of Arts professor sent me here..
Physical Anthropology!
yes
you're teacher is a stoner, Rick Steves is awesome and a cannabis smoker
i am here because of my artistry class but i find it interesting
Yes, thak you for this...You contine to edcuate me everytime I see one of your clips and shows on PBS, WTTW in Chicago.... Thank you...
Fascinating!!! I've always wanted to travel to Lascaux and surrounding areas to see all this with my own eyes. --- It would be great if someone could go into the real cave with a camera and also take LIDAR info to show the real thing online ... some day maybe?
also, I'm here because I've been following the Clan of the Cave Bear audiobook series here on UA-cam.
@@dawngw26 There is a very important connection between the reigning family in Monaco (the Grimaldis) and the preservation and education about the cave paintings in France...,the family has been the main funding behind original hand drawn copies of this art and published valuable books of these drawings.
I really hope to see this one day! That reproduction looks amazing, but I would die of happiness to get into the original, if only for 5 minutes! Somebody's going in every so often to check on things-if I hit the lottery, I'd try to find out who that is, & offer them any price to go with them!
why, you dont need to go in there, it needs to be protected, the reproduction looks identical. the original needs to be safe not just available to whoever has the most money to offer.
Here because of the Antropocene Reviewed book :)
Me too :)
@@mariamaj4585 DFTBA :)
THANK YOU FOR SUBTITLES
After watching kurzgesagt video about lascaux cave art
Me too
Me too
these doodads? fascinating.
This is good material for my humanities class. I definitely like the preservation efforts and the replica for tourists.
Thanks this really helped me understand.😊
this is cool i want to go to lascauxs replica
+Holden Schoone go to the Spanish one.... is as good or better than France.
ok
@@celiayounger9202 In Spain better than Lascaux ?? You must be Spanish to say such a lie ....lol
NO, YOU ARE THE ONE LYING sorry but its true @@litogor
Awesome! Truly amazing. It's like a window into life 20,000 years ago. Sure, it's a replica, but a very well done replica, and I'd rather have the originals preserved than risk ruining them just to appease my own selfish skepticism.
Don't let the Christians see this, though. A book about talking snakes, talking bushes and a wooden ocean liner that could hold all of the world's animals, and most Christians are likely to think THIS is a hoax...oh, the irony...
Thank you, Sir!
Interesting painting. I am surprised at how high the painting was on the ceiling, and that just causes greater admiration for their primitive (or not so primitive) culture. GO HUMANITIES!
It has been suggested that Neandertals, as well as modern humans, may have painted caves. Hoffmann et al. used uranium-thorium dating of carbonate crusts to show that cave paintings from three different sites in Spain must be older than 64,000 years. These paintings are the oldest dated cave paintings in the world. Importantly, they predate the arrival of modern humans in Europe by at least 20,000 years ‼, which suggests that they must be of Neandertal origin.
These 3 places are:
1. La Pasiega (Cantabria), Northern Spain.
2. a hand stencil in Maltravieso (Extremadura), Central-Western Spain.
3. red-painted speleothems in Ardales (Andalusia), Southern Spain.
This is amazing people from thousands of years ago can draw better then me 😂😂😂
They even had bigger tool than you
The image of the largest bull has some dots behind it which makes me think of Taurus, identified by finding the pliedes/seven sisters and thus the starsign to the left. Also the fact that the coloured part of the image is the only part drawn out in the night sky, the rest just being an outline.
Anyone think that there is something to this?
There are videos about that subject here on youtube.
The knowledge of the forever time (episode 2).
Absolutely fascinating…
This helps with my project in school
They sure look amazing. I haven't been there yet but I'd really love to visit that cave in France 🇫🇷 sometime in the future.
It became a popular tourist attraction after the World War II but it has been closed to the public since 1963 due to the breath and sweat of visitors created carbon dioxide and humidity that would destroy the paintings. So nobody is ever allowed to visit that cave in France 🇫🇷 unfortunately but they can only visit the replica one known as Lascaux II.
Lascaux has become one of the forbidden places in the world where no one is ever allowed to visit.
Those cave paintings are about 17,000 years old.
Anyway greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
I think i'm the only who made it here because of John Green's podcast..
I'm here because of the latest kurzgesagt video with john green lol
Also his book :)
Very nice deatination ! Thanks
Wonderful!!!
They found a lamp looking thing and on the inside was combustible animal soot. I saw it on the Lascaux website.
it is the most beautiful thing
How did they get up to the roof to paint it?
Ajarn Spencer different from painting and probably had something there to draw on the roof of the cave but we modern humans ruined the ground there
đang ôn thi THPT QG có bài đọc về hang này thế là mình qua đây xem luôn😍
A magical video don't you think?
These people were living a very simple life like we do today. Just more simple, yet they might have been more complex than we think.
This is my homework
Pure awesomeness
hi, does any any one know the name of the flute music plays at 1.29-2.00???. its beautiful
Stone Age version of Tiktok. And amazingly beautiful.
Apparently, TOEFL has passages on prehistoric art!
Appeared yesterday. Got the passage on these caves in the writing section 1, would you believe it!!
The Lascaux cave was made by prehistoric people,one is bigger than a giraffe, it was closed becuase people's temperature was too much pressure for the paintings,so they closed it and made a art gallery of a copy of all of the paintings.
teacher made me watch
Does anybody know how the drawings in the Lascaux caves in France link food, art, and ritual?
Look at these paintings.
Anyone here from Kurzgesagt?
Nope
Homework,yes
Which Kurzgadt video?
It's interesting how France has always been such an artistic country. Even the French cavemen were artistic! LOL. It must be genetic with them. No wonder France has always excelled when it comes to art, fashion, designs, etc... It's in their blood.
And so these become interesting as we look at pre history and understand the human capability and the possible spiritual or religious meaning of these then. To go further we can explore social structure language origin and environment supply and demand say to dig deeper into those possible meanings.
Who is here because of AP World History?
+12arianalizzyC34 Im here from a college archeology class lol
+12arianalizzyC34 I'm here because of my AP Art History class!
+12arianalizzyC34 Lol My Teacher Made me do it
I'm here bc I'm doing a project on Lascaux Caves
Lol Everyone is
Have Forensic Scientists examined the walls for ancient DNA traces which had to have been also preserved . The artists would have been leaning on the walls as they worked. Also with the multiple Stencil handprint artworks found from Spain to France to Argentina, some DNA traces must also have been preserved given how well the charcoal /earth pigments have survived the last 30,000 years. I think that such a project would make for a very exciting study?
Came from the Kurzgesagt video.
Which one?
Oooo.ok now I know why french people good with art
I am guessing you are joking...there were no French people then...no Spanish people, no German people, just people people. There is beautiful paleolithic art in both South Africa and in Australia. We just usually only see the European material for some reason. The art in Australian caves is very different, more inward, and spiritual.
+Mollie Brown Geez, someone has jealousy issues. What do you have against ancient europeans?
No issues at all...have done many lectures on the area, going back to the remarkable Atapuerca caves in Spain, paleolithic art in Spain and France, the lives of ancient humans in the area between 15,000 and 40,000 years ago. Lots of fun...just no nationalities then, still hunter gatherers. Fascinating stuff.
The Anthropocene Reviewed sent me here.
I wonder how those people protected the cave walls from not being blacked from the smoke, I mean they needed to see it..
Its about people talking about the Lascaux's History and the cave paintings.
incredible
+Alpha Cat77 lol
they dont allow people in the original cave anymore because people damage the paintings so they made a model and thats where people go now.
they want to preserver the original cave
How did they have light to paint?
Back then they painted it at daylight of course
Oil lamps and fire.
Who would want to go to a replica, I'd want to see the real thing!
+Noah Rupert NOOOO because they are getting destroyed by (so many people caming in) the air of the caves changes and mold are detroying them inside. The same thing is happening with the caves in Spain.
+Celia Younger YES! In order preserve it, and make it's beauty last, we have to respect it and find another way to still enjoy it :)
Hey class it’s Yohance
Do you guys think there’s still caves in France that still have not been discovered? In my opinion France is a big country I bet there’s still areas in that country that have not been discovered. What do you think?
The last two caves discovered were Chauvet (1994) and Cosquer (1991). There are probably others who have not found yet, either because their entrances are under sea level, or because they have been sealed by landsldes or filled with sediments.
If and when we will find other similar places in France is unknowable.
But everything that can be reached from the surface without digging has probably been found.
@@mecha-sheep7674 Key word probably there could still be mystery which is very cool.
amaziiiing
Impressive art.
If the very advanced civilization existed in the past, then they would leave us train tunnels for their public transport.
Me who is here because of 6th grade online classes;
This is none my business they called me over here!
samee ;w;
my ss teacher assigned me this and btw I'm also an army
I dont know if the lack of information about the details of the paintings is ignorance or deceiving us.
That’s why they closed it to get the artifacts out and they don’t want you to see the real drawings
Came here because of the online class of CCC
wow people back then are able to draw better then me!!!!!!!
i would Like to listen The sound Of the cAve well..??
No this is not my homework..no my teacher didn't tell me to search it up.
I'm here cause i like stone age and prehistoric stuff
One of the most interesting aspects is that the cave went thru several occupations over 20,000 years. Each group adding to the body of work and thus indicating that the purpose and meaning was thus understood for that entire period while we have no idea what the 5000 year old Sphinx is about.
Yes, of course. We would never think that truth is important, nor would we ever think that, if it really happened like that that others might say so, too. Or that allegory and story--every story--have a point. Apparently you haven 't talked seriously with many serious Christians. Please don't sneer until you have the facts. I don't take Rick Steves quite at face value. I used to live in Edmonds, his home town. But I find this video interesting and informative. Now I'll go to church.
Bruh i got sent here in 2020 when we were quarantined because of corona.
Why do people feel the need to write how they found this video.
did you even watch the video? they even showed the oil lamps they had
What did he say at 2:32
2020 anyone? online classes? 6th grade? Just me okay....
me too
Same but 9th grade
Is this Noah Caldwell Gervais’ dad? :)
I wonder what type of lighting they used back then, to light up the cave. there's no sign of smoke or soot.
Check out Graham Hancock's research
Kurzgesagt
Thanks Social Studies teacher
40 Years 2020
Thank you for this nice video ! If you want to know how Lascaux cave was discovered, watch the video the Discovery of Lascaux cave on Videoguide Nouvelle-Aquitaine channel. There is also another video about the original Lascaux cave and its reproductions (Lascaux II, Lascaux III, Lascaux IV).
Il n'y a pas d'une datation 18,000 BC sur l'art pariétale de Lascaux!
it is good material for my class
Yes amongst tons of other things!
yep history teacher sent me this
Yes, of course. We would never think that truth is important, or that, if it happened that way that others would say so, too (the Bible never says that the flood or Eden story is original to it), or that a story has a point that may not be the words of the story. Come, talk to a few of us serious Christians before you sneer at us.