Timeline Thursday 12 September 1940

Thursday 12 September 1940

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Events on Thursday 12 September 1940 1

1940 Lascaux cave paintings discovered Teenagers find Palaeolithic art in the Dordogne On 12 September four teenagers found a cave near Montignac containing about 600 painted animals and many engravings. The paintings are about 17,000 years old. Lascaux became one of the most famous examples of prehistoric art.