{"id":54,"date":"2008-08-03T12:54:23","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T16:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/?p=54"},"modified":"2009-07-14T17:33:30","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T21:33:30","slug":"preserving-stone-age-cave-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/uncategorized\/preserving-stone-age-cave-art\/54\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Preserving Stone Age Cave Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"captionRight\">\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/files\/2008\/08\/286_news_lascaux1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58\" title=\"Lascaux cave art\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/files\/2008\/08\/286_news_lascaux1.jpg\" alt=\"Lascaux cave art\" width=\"286\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Lascaux_painting.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Prof Saxx<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>For many years, archaeologists have pointed to southern France\u2019s breathtaking Stone Age cave art as the first proof that the Human Spark had taken hold in our ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>Lascaux\u2019s bison, horses, bears and reindeer are world-renowned and viewing these ancient artworks can be quite moving. But all those awed visitors have added up to big trouble for these paintings.<\/p>\n<p>How can we preserve prehistoric artworks while still allowing modern visitors to experience them in some way?<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a title=\"Article at The Washington Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/06\/30\/AR2008063002363.html\" target=\"_blank\">full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Prof Saxx For many years, archaeologists have pointed to southern France\u2019s breathtaking Stone Age cave art as the first proof that the Human Spark had taken hold in our ancestors. Lascaux\u2019s bison, horses, bears and reindeer are world-renowned and viewing these ancient artworks can be quite moving. But all those awed visitors have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5610,1],"tags":[3834,727,728],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news","category-uncategorized","tag-archaeology","tag-art","tag-creativity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In the News: Preserving Stone Age Cave Art | The Human Spark | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/uncategorized\/preserving-stone-age-cave-art\/54\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In the News: Preserving Stone Age Cave Art | The Human Spark | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photo by Prof Saxx For many years, archaeologists have pointed to southern France\u2019s breathtaking Stone Age cave art as the first proof that the Human Spark had taken hold in our ancestors. 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