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Only found out about this recently.. amazing discovery though. Cosquer Cave ([kɔskɛʁ]) is located in the Calanque de Morgiou in Marseille, France, near Cap Morgiou. The entrance to the cave is located 37 m (121 ft) underwater, due to the Holocene sea level rise, and contains various prehistoric rock art engravings. Its submarine entrance was discovered in 1985 by Henri Cosquer, a professional diver. The underwater passage leading to the cave was progressively explored until 1990 by cave divers, without the divers being aware of the archaeological character of the cave. Only in the last period (1990-91) of the progressive underwater explorations did the cave divers emerge in the non-submerged part of the cave. The prehistoric paintings were not immediately discovered by the divers to first emerge from the other side of the sump. The cave was named after Henri Cosquer when its existence was made public in 1991, after three divers became lost in the cave and died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosquer_Cave

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Only found out about this recently.. amazing discovery though....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	11:35:58
>> Is that where you’ll hide out next time there’s a vaccination round?	Hamsterwheel	13:23:15
>> Some of us had the balls to think independently .....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:45:19
>> Surprising that the French authorities have not drilled a tunnel down to the cave.	Free Thinking Doggie	12:16:34
>> The artwork survived 27,000 years but try finding that email you sent on Friday morning.	JonH🍕	11:42:24
>> Some decent photos here......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	11:53:24
>> Imagine sitting down with the artist and trying to explain e-mail.	Free Thinking Doggie	11:43:42
>> We have another prehistoric cave here, but the cave entrance is now about 20m ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	11:39:29
>> Grotte du Lazaret (in Nice) is substantially older than Cosquer Cave....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	11:42:36

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