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RZM

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2. Looks like it. Chauvet is now in second place

Reply to Neoma (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 06:06 PM

Jun 2012

I just happened to watch 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' the other week (Werner Herzog's movie about Chauvet).

Herzog's narration can be a bit much and he didn't emphasize some the stuff that mosts interests me about the drawings, but it's still well worth seeing.

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