and Symbols


by Genevieve Von Petzinger,


National Geographic Emerging Explorer


In 1940, a French teenager found a cave in Lascaux,


France. Inside, the walls were covered with ancient art. T ere were more than 2,000 images. All were made during the last ice age. Many of them show animals or people. But hundreds of images show symbols. What are these


From the book THE FIRST SIGNS: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World’s Oldest Symbols by Genevieve von Petzinger. Copyright © 2016 by Genevieve von Petzinger. Reprinted by permission of Atria Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.


symbols? What do they stand for? Many scholars have just ignored them. But the symbols are what interest me most.


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