On this day in 1994, three speleologists (cave specialists) by the name of Jean-Marie Chauvet, Éliette Brunel, and Christian Hillaire were exploring in the Ardèche area of southern France when they stumbled upon something surprising: a enormous showcase of what ended up being probably the soonest known and best-saved allegorical drawings ever constructed by humankind.

The present Doodle celebrates this noteworthy disclosure currently known as Grotte Chauvet (French for Chauvet Cave)– which forever modified the archeological comprehension of ancient man’s artistic expression and creative development.

Through carbon dating, the uncommon drawings have been followed back to the Aurignacian time frame more than 30,000 years prior. On account of a stone fall that fixed the passageway over 10,000 years after the fact, the Chauvet Cave–and the in excess of 1,000 drawings reported on its limestone walls at that point stayed untouched, saved for centuries in pristine quality.

As delineated in the present Doodle, the cave highlights portrayals of 14 distinct species—from horses and lions to risky ancient animals like the long-wiped out wooly rhinoceros and mammoth.

The most profound exhibition highlights portrayals of the human body, while different walls show dynamic series of red spots. The pictures show extraordinary artistic vision and procedure through their anatomical precision, dream of profundity and development, masterful use of colors, and skillful combination of both painting and engraving.

In addition to the paintings, the cave is additionally home to human impressions and somewhere in the range of 4,000 ancient creature fossils.

In acknowledgment of the site’s huge significance to the human story, UNESCO recorded the Chauvet Cave onto the World Heritage List in 2014.