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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 7976027, member: 128351&quot;]Have you heard of the Cosquer Cave, near Marseilles in France? It is a cave full of prehistoric paintings and engravings dating back to 27 to 19 000 years. It could be accessed at that time because sea-level was much lower, now the entrance is 37 m below the sea surface, the long access corridor and part of the cave are submerged, only divers can get in. </p><p>This cave was discovered by a professional diver named Henri Cosquer in 1985. He did not report this major discovery and kept it secret for years. Sometimes, he explored it with privileged friends of his. I wonder what he could feel, being the only person with his friends to know about this monument. He became a specialist in palaeolithical art and realized that some of the paintings and engravings were unique : together with the usual fauna, there are depictions of seals, jellyfish (or signs looking like jellyfish), auks, a feline&#039;s head seen from front, a man with a seal&#039;s head, whales of fish... Such images exist in no other cave. The scientific interest was enormous, but he kept it secret for years.</p><p>One day, in 1991, during an exploration, an accident happened and three divers died in the access corridor. Impossible to dissimulate any more : police would easily discover the real circumstances of this diving accident and Cosquer declared the cave to the authorities. </p><p>He was not prosecuted because he had made no profit of his secret and his explorations with his friends had only a scientific purpose. The cave is now officially named after him, a museum with a full replica has been opened and he will get royalties from the ticket sales and all the books about the cave.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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