Discovered in 1897 by a father and his daughter Paintings were about the Ice Age 14,000 to 24,000 years ago Shoulder bones of buffalo have been used as palettes Brushes were from bristles from the tail of a buffalo Ochre earth was ground up for red and yellow Soot was used for the darker shades Greenish color from manganese oxide mixed with fat made the paintings stay on the wall Lascaux Cave Paintings Discovered in 1940 by four boys Cave paintings show gigantic oxen, deer, and horses painted in gray, black, and yellow Other caves were later discovered Chauvet Cave Paintings Near the Ardeche River in Southern France The oldest ever discovered being 35,000 years old Shows thick-maned horses, bison, lions, wild oxen With 420 animal figures in all and with a total over 300 paintings of animalsin 13 different species Dominant animals found are lions, mammoths and rhinoceroses Owls, hyenas and panthers which have never or rarely found in previous Ice Age paintings are also depicted. The most spectacular images are the Horse Panel which is 20 feet long and the Panel of Lions and Rhinoceroses Stonehenge Can be considered as one of the oldest forms of architecture It served as a huge calendar, which marked the equinox of the position of the sun’s rays upon the structure It could foretell the occurrence of lunar and solar eclipses