The hall of bulls.The hall of bulls. The images in the Hall of the Bulls are amongst the most striking in all of Palaeolithic art: 130 figures, including 36 representations of animals and some 50 geometric signs. This extensive frieze is composed of three animal themes – horses cattle and deer which recur consistently in the various parts of the cave. Exceptionally, a bear is also depicted.

the unicorn is the first animal in the cave and appears to be pushing all the animals on this wall towards the back of the gallery.

The axial galleryThe axial gallery Figures appear on both sides of this 30-metre-long gallery. On the right are three panels, the Panel of the Chinese Horses, the Panel of the Falling Cow and the Red Panel, featuring two horses and a bison. To the left is the Panel of the Red Cows, the Panel of the Great Black Bull, the Panel of the Hemione and, to the rear, the Upside-Down Horse.

THE PASSAGEWAYTHE PASSAGEWAY This brown and black painted horse has also been engraved, in particular to emphasi se the outline of the head and to highlight the mane through a series of fine parallel incisions. The figure is surrounded by small white calcite effloresce nces, which partially cover it.

THE NAVETHE NAVE  This picture depicts 5 swimming stags.

THW CHAMOBER OF THE FELIONS Felines are not often depicted in Palaeolithic parietal art, with the exception of the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc cave, and they are often assigned a specific place within a sanctuary. The felines in Lascaux are no exception to this.There are six in all, and they appear on both sites of the entrance to the passageway, in a strictly symmetrical composition. face the On each wall, two felines back of the gallery and a third faces the entrance.

THE APSETHE APSE The narrowed entryway to the flanked by two Apse is outcroppings of the wall. The one on the left, which is more pronounced, is covered with a number of figures. At eye level, we can make out the well-defined outline of a horse. In fact, the figure is somewhat more complicated – closer observation reveals that this silhouette merges with another depiction of a horse, identified by a second head and neck, and a third rear limb.

THE SHAFTTHE SHAFT This picture shows a wounded man.

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