The oldest known paintings aer at the Grotte Chauvet in France, claimed by some historians to be about 32,000 years old. Ther are engraved and painted using red ochre and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalos, mammoth or humans often hunting. There are examples of cave paintings all over the world - in France, India, Spain, Portugal, China, Australia, etc.
The hall of bulls in Lascaux, Dordogne, France, is one of the best known cave paintings from about 10,000 to 15,000 BC.
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