Calanque de Morgiou
Fishing inlet whose submerged sea cave hides Ice Age paintings sealed for millennia.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Calanque de Morgiou in Marseille traces the discovery of the Cosquer Cave, a passage the diver Henri Cosquer found thirty-seven meters underwater in 1985 and kept secret for six years. Inside wait painted horses, ibex, bison and hundreds of hand stencils, some missing fingers, left by ice-age artists more than twenty-seven thousand years ago. Look toward the cliff face above the port, where the hidden entrance sits below the waterline you can see from the boats.
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