Visit to the Cosquer Cave of Cassis

The Cosquer Cave is located at Cape Morgiou, in the Calanques, near Marseilles. It can be accessed through a tunnel 175 metres in length, which is 37 metres under the sea level. Th[...]

The Cosquer Cave contains a large number of drawings depicting various land animals. The identification of each of these Paleolithic drawings required a painstaking attention to de[...]

Marine animals are rarely found in decorated caves from the Paleolithic era. In the Cosquer Cave, they make up a significant portion (11%) of the overall number of figures. Drawn o[...]

Fifty-five hand prints have been found in the cave, giving a moving documentation of human life in the Paleolithic era. They were drawn as negative (stencils) and as positive (hand[...]