This week, France in Focus heads underground to explore the "Sistine Chapel" of prehistory. Thirty years ago, three explorers discovered the Chauvet cave, a site in southeastern France that was ...

The underground cave, also known as the "Shell Grotto," was discovered in the 19th century, but its origins remain one of the ...

But after teammate Bernard Tourte bruised his side in a tight passage, García-Dils decided to stay with him at an underground ... to the cave. Ever since 1956, when explorers in France first ...