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Race to save moulding Lascaux cave paintings
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The French government is taking emergency action to rescue the
world's most celebrated prehistoric cave paintings from a second
fungal invasion in seven years.
Each day until 8 January, experts are treating the caverns at
Lascaux in the Dordogne - nicknamed the Sistine Chapel of pre-
history - with a fungicide to try to check a gradual spread of spots
of grey and black mould. The caves will then be closed to all but
essential visitors for three months.
An air conditioning system, installed just before a similar
fungal attack seven years ago, is to be replaced. Some scientists
believe the ...
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