Chapel of the Lioness

cave chamber, Trois Frères, France

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features of Trois Frères

  • Trois Frères cave, Ariège, France
    In Trois Frères

    …small chamber, known as the Chapel of the Lioness, that contains a large engraving of a lioness on a natural “altar,” with numerous special objects (animal teeth, shells, flint tools) carefully placed in crevices below it and around the walls. These are most plausibly seen as votive objects.

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