Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Werner Herzog. If you've never heard of the Chauvet cave in southern France give this little documentary a view and tell me you don't come away with just a tad more perspective on human history.
Some have referred to the discovery as being on the level of the Tutankhamun find.
Discovered in 1994 the cave contains the oldest known cave paintings by humans on the Earth, some 35,000 years old at a time when the seas were 300 feet shallower, over a third of the Earth was frozen and you could walk across the English channel.
Among the more interesting bits is a fellow named Wulf Hein playing the Star Spangled Banner on a replicated flute originally made from a vultures wing bone some 33 to 37,000 years ago and with a pentatonic scale base.
Some have referred to the discovery as being on the level of the Tutankhamun find.
Discovered in 1994 the cave contains the oldest known cave paintings by humans on the Earth, some 35,000 years old at a time when the seas were 300 feet shallower, over a third of the Earth was frozen and you could walk across the English channel.
Among the more interesting bits is a fellow named Wulf Hein playing the Star Spangled Banner on a replicated flute originally made from a vultures wing bone some 33 to 37,000 years ago and with a pentatonic scale base.
