France's Cosquer cave: 20,000 years under the sea • FRANCE 24 English

In the creeks near Marseille, 37 metres underwater, lies the only submerged cave on the planet that's covered with cave paintings. On its damp walls, people have painted horses, bison, ibex and even penguins - animals that were present in the south of France during the Ice Age. The oldest paintings date back some 27,000 years.
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[@lenrichardson7349]

Many question from people who are not aware of the layout of the cave. The entrance is underwater but the cave itself is just above the water. From the entrance you rise up a sloping tunnel until you reach the cave, also rising above the water level as you do. The cave is not air tight, the rock being porous, so the entrance can not be sealed to save it from the rising water.

[@jcrodriguez830]

We really are capable of some great things

[@rikmacg1288]

I would like to know if any of the paintings are under the water. That would show if the cave really was exposed at one time.

[@johnhenderson1443]

they need to block off the entrance and use extremely high flow pumps and pump out all the water :)

[@flex1661]

Nice! Now lets make some condos on them

[@twistpv]

Warrior/ hunters right of passage challenge test to reach

[@WooBino.]

Couldnt they drain it like bridge footings?

[@stefananslow2441]

Been there 20,000 years just fine but now it’s gonna flood because of global warming 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dangnamese]

The cave entrance used to be above sea level, More proof that the planet has been warming for thousands of years and isn't a new phenomenon.

[@pierreverdoni]

Exactly@@dangnamese

[@pierreverdoni]

they can stop blaming the cars in 2024@@dangnamese

[@rikmacg1288]

I would like to know if any of the paintings are under water??

[@flex1661]

Lmao

[@StrGrpp4]

is it possible to tunnel down and create an entrance instead of having to swim?

[@GrrrbowNHR]

Cost less to swim

[@FreewayDani]

this is not minecraft my guy, you dobt just “tunnel down” through earth

[@tomwilson3969]

​@FreewayDani we have been tunneling through the earth for thousands of years 😂

[@krolsemprini666]

​@@tomwilson3969wow did you really?😂

[@aidanconvery7460]

Lime kills fish in water - primitive fishing method

[@Lmtaytay]

For the money they put into the replica, they could have shut off the entrance and drilled down from the top.

[@michaelvivirito]

How can we prove the paintings are as old as they say?

[@Ezol1]

With carbon dating, identifing the paitings, animals, structures and so on :)

[@flex1661]

Joe Biden was there

[@professormancaptain4210]

Carbon dating. Archeo chemistry is also a new growing science

[@deivakumarkumar4857]

How Oxygen is possible there?

[@artoriasabysswalker5133]

maybe back then it wasnt under water

[@deivakumarkumar4857]

@@artoriasabysswalker5133 Yes.

[@Ezol1]

@@deivakumarkumar4857Water usually lets through some oxygen if it's moving. Other than that there are enough air in there because of how big the cave is (but it probably pretty hot and humid).

[@deivakumarkumar4857]

@@Ezol1 ♥️

[@JacobSteinberg75]

I doubt people made this

[@rosbifle413]

Who made it in your opinion?

[@maximus-6788]

I doubt that you are healty in the head!

[@JacobSteinberg75]

humanoid great apes@@rosbifle413

[@FreewayDani]

its aliens bro aliens or maybe dogcats

[@fantabaz1]

Must have been the penguins 😂