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

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7 ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

We really are capable of some great things

@rikmacg1288 3 ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@Abraxus81 3 күн бұрын

24 million sounds like a lot for a copy at first, but they made the money back in a few years and then they made a profit. The 800,000 visitors in the first year alone brought in between 4-6 million from admission. They also sell souvenirs. This gives young and old the opportunity to take a look into the past, even if the original cave will soon be gone. The investment makes sense.

@flex1661 3 ай бұрын

Nice! Now lets make some condos on them

@WooBino. 3 ай бұрын

Couldnt they drain it like bridge footings?

@twistpv Ай бұрын

Warrior/ hunters right of passage challenge test to reach

@stefananslow2441 3 ай бұрын

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

@dangnamese 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

Exactly@@dangnamese

@pierreverdoni 3 ай бұрын

they can stop blaming the cars in 2024@@dangnamese

@rikmacg1288 3 ай бұрын

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

@flex1661 3 ай бұрын

Lmao

@michaelvivirito 3 ай бұрын

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

@Ezol1 3 ай бұрын

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

@flex1661 3 ай бұрын

Joe Biden was there

@professormancaptain4210 3 ай бұрын

Carbon dating. Archeo chemistry is also a new growing science

@StrGrpp4 6 ай бұрын

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

@GrrrbowNHR 4 ай бұрын

Cost less to swim

@FreewayDani 4 ай бұрын

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

@tomwilson3969 3 ай бұрын

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

@krolsemprini666 3 ай бұрын

@@tomwilson3969wow did you really?😂

@aidanconvery7460 3 ай бұрын

Lime kills fish in water - primitive fishing method

@Lmtaytay 3 ай бұрын

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

@Abraxus81 3 күн бұрын

They made the money back in a few years and then they made a profit. The 800,000 visitors in the first year alone brought in between 4-6 million from admission. They also sell souvenirs. This gives old and young people the opportunity to take a look into the past. The investment makes sense.

@deivakumarkumar4857 3 ай бұрын

How Oxygen is possible there?

@artoriasabysswalker5133 3 ай бұрын

maybe back then it wasnt under water

@deivakumarkumar4857 3 ай бұрын

@@artoriasabysswalker5133 Yes.

@Ezol1 3 ай бұрын

@@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 3 ай бұрын

@@Ezol1 ♥️