Discovered 25 years ago in Dordogne, southwestern France, the Cussac cave is an immaculately preserved jewel of prehistory – and so strictly protected by the French ministry of culture that the public will never be allowed to set foot in it.
Discovered in 2000 by an amateur cave explorer, the Grotte de Cussac holds ancient human remains, traces of long-extinct bears and stunning, fragile artworks. Deep inside this labyrinthine cave, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, mammoths and rhinoceros into the walls, creating a prehistoric menagerie that has rarely been seen – until now.
