Ice Age paintings of horses, aurochs and deer.
Discovered by teenagers in 1940, Lascaux contains hundreds of painted and engraved animals made around 17,000 years ago. The original cave was closed to the public in 1963 to protect the paintings.
Visitors today see Lascaux IV, a precise replica at Montignac that recreates the cave and its art.
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Pakistan · c. 7000–2500 BCE
A Neolithic village where people grew barley and herded cattle thousands of years before the Indus cities.
Türkiye · c. 9500 BCE
Carved T-shaped pillars raised before farming, pottery or writing — and before Stonehenge by about 6,000 years.
Türkiye · c. 7100–5700 BCE
Thousands of people lived in tightly packed mud-brick houses entered through holes in the roof.
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