RT by @CarloCalenda: A 14,000 years old; Bison Sculpture :

Tuc d'Audoubert cave, located in Montesquieu-Avantes commune in Ariege department of central Pyrenees, France. It is a part of network of subterranean passageways which is divided into three caves: to west, Tuc d'Audoubert cave; in centre, Trois Freres Cave (Three Brothers); and to east, Enlene Cave. Last two are physically connected, but there is no known link between Trois Freres and Tuc d'Audoubert, despite being separated by only a few metres of rock. Cave system as a whole has three levels; lowest level is now unusable as it carries River Volp. Middle level is 3m higher, while upper level is 12m higher again, and is accessible through a natural chimney. Of three caves, Enlene has fewest  pictographs and petroglyphs, though its occupants produced a range of engraved objects. It appears that Le Tuc d'Audoubert and Les Trois Freres were used for more ritualistic forms of activity that involved creation of a wealth of Stone Age art of all types. Among most famous images in Les Trois Freres cave is famous painted engraving of anthropomorphic figure known as "Sorcerer".

Cave ranked among most important centres of  Franco-Cantabrian Cave Art, Le Tuc d'Audoubert, (along with Grotte d'Enlene, and Les Trois Freres) one of three prehistoric caves that make up a single underground network hollowed from foothills of French Pyrenees, by River Volp. Although cave contains a variety of parietal art, including rock engravings, some  cave painting and prehistoric sculpture - a total of some 385 individual Palaeolithic images, it is best known for its sublime relief sculpture of a pair of bison, made from clay taken from walls of cave. This work alone makes Tuc d'Audoubert cave a showcase of  Paleolithic art in Ariege. Although there appears to be traces of Mousterian and Aurignacian artifacts, most of prehistoric art in cave …

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