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File:Lions painting, Chauvet Cave (museum replica).jpg

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English: Lions painted in the Chauvet Cave. This is a replica of the painting from the Brno museum Anthropos. The absence of the mane sometimes leads to these paintings being described as portraits of lionesses.
Date 12 June 2009
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Author HTO

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