The Only Known Underwater Cave From The Stone Age - Cosquer Cave

The Cosquer Caver off the French coast, near Marseille, is the only known underwater cave from the Stone Age. And now a replica provides visitors with a glimpse into the past.
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CREDITS
Report: Josephine Günther
Camera: Michel Champouret
Edit: Gregor Grunenberg
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[@doaa7941]

When I read the title, I was like: “don’t most caves predate the Stone Age?” Interesting video

[@midnightcasinova]

They do. They date the stone. All stones are from stone age. 🤣

[@remimi5131]

I'm lucky to live in Marseille and have visited the cosquer cave, if you are travelling to France or the region, I highly recommend you (I loved it) it's worth a visit! 😎👍

[@MrGoon-wy1dp]

Cool man... Should we have to go by water transport?

[@adiyaksaerlangga4252]

U went to the real cave or the remodel one?

[@ClaudeLechasseur]

J'y vais mardi !!!

[@rvelez7275]

Seal the entrance, dig an above water entrance to connect to the cave further up. Pump the water out. Now you can preserve it. Or not. Just a thought.

[@MatthewBereti]

Or or or.

[@diavolo6665]

The gases that destory the paintings 😂

[@joosh5566]

Preservation is more important than ease of access

[@ConsilienceDVO]

I've been there, didn't need scuba equipment, Just held my breath and swam my way. Pretty easy

[@PWDlife]

youre amazing

[@gerardomonreal8513]

I remember that , you’re a tough dude

[@nomnoms1776]

🤡 👍🏻

[@phantomfrom11]

imagine being in that cave with just a torch, no shoes and some chalk

[@NateWithWho]

so sea level has risen a lot

[@DriverGuy23]

With the cave entrance being far above the surface of the water 33,000yrs ago and the yearly rise in sea level being 3.4mm, the math checks out.

[@user-se2mh7qx5o]

That’s impressive

[@einienj3281]

Awesome! 🤌🏻

[@forestdwellerresearch6593]

Humans: Look what a great cave! Sea level rise: You can't have nice things.

[@Sumiyeco_boutique]

22M euros? Who funds these things?!!

[@filipstrahija5930]

taxpayers

[@pendragon2012]

Sooo cool!

[@premdas3534]

Human hands parts are missing: guessing that they may fold their fingers and drawn.. it may be some symbols.

[@user-uj2qj3oc1o]

so cool!

[@aprayingatheist2378]

Soon that cave will be gone to history and they're not even allowing people to go look at it while it's still here? That's messed up

[@thynkGaming939]

Exactly

[@Macarite]

how are they meant to let people in?

[@aprayingatheist2378]

@@Macarite by not restricting access

[@Macarite]

@@aprayingatheist2378 then you’re liable for inexperienced divers drowning. It was open to the public previously and exactly this happened. Also you’d need 24/7 security and monitoring to prevent theft and degradation. Quite an operation.

[@nomnoms1776]

Allegedly, it took 30,000 years for 2/3 to flood, it seems it’ll be there a while longer.

[@miket6094]

The cave entrance used to be above sea level, More proof that the planet has been warming for thousands of years and isn't a new phenomenon.

[@wombat5252]

Yeah but the globalists don't want you to know that. They want you to give everything up because of ''global warming''. They want you to think we're going to die in the next 20 years because of it. 🤣

[@billybobbodiddly5940]

Bot says what?

[@HandleDeezNutzVoluntarily]

Considering these are 33,000 years old and the last Ice Age peaked approximately 20,000 years ago. I'd say you're a tad confused...

[@ecosphereworld2138]

@@HandleDeezNutzVoluntarily it’s you who are confused, these are estimated to be 20-30 thousand years old.

[@HandleDeezNutzVoluntarily]

@@ecosphereworld2138 Thanks for clarification buddy…

[@dragonfox2.058]

can really see where we got our ideas for cathedrals

[@ValCronin]

How on earth would the cave drawings be so high up on the walls if they were hard to reach without any water being in there? Not saying I domt believe it was dry before...just wondering how they got way up there to do the drawings

[@aleksandarzahariev9886]

sure, now explain how would they dive 20 meters then go on 175m tunnel to the cave underwater

[@nostor572]

Erosion maybe

[@cooter3690]

Ladders make way more sense then the prehistoric lads swimming down there to doodle.

[@DezitaAlvarado]

@@aleksandarzahariev9886 I went to that museum and it seems it was from an age when there was no water covering the entrance (the sea level was way lower ages ago) So they would go through the tunnels to reach the cave walking, not swimming.

[@f-22r]

@@aleksandarzahariev9886 It was not underwater back then! They said that in the video!

[@jamesetal7088]

What do you do for a living? I replicate underwater stone age caves. Wat? Perfectly. huh... So what do you do? Accountant. Slow nods with slight frown. Im gunna go spruce up my drink. Walks away with entourage.

[@f-22r]

Please brick it up, drain it, and create a new entrance. Then all artwork can be examined, even the underwater parts.

[@flameout12345]

If threaten they should do everything to get the originals out.

[@htht856]

The dude went in there and drew all the pictures to make his discovery even more popular.

[@MrPvdb]

"ought to have been destroyed long ago" : amazing the way these people think! Instead of questioning there own theory! Maybe it is not that old as they think it is!

[@Patrick-xm9hp]

Main problem, before 1990 when dicovered by 2 Swiss divers, there were no drawings in the cave, it's once again an imposture, especially the drawings of the hands...really pitiful

[@jammydodger1098]

Please show your source of information

[@Lmtaytay]

For 24 mill they could have blocked off the entrance and drilled and entrance from above.

[@matthewweir5265]

They can build an entire replica but they can't run a pump? Oh, that's right there will be no power to run it unless the sun is out or the wind is blowing their planet-saving pinwheels.

[@1BYEBYE1]

Dude its an underwater cave, how much more underwater do u think it will get? Loool

[@remimi5131]

Cosquer Méditerranée

[@timsilver777]

Can’t go see the thing eh?

[@RealityVideosRV]

What a stupid thing to do... People are not getting at least fair wages, pension etc in France and incompetent government is spending millions on this stupid thing... Bravo mercy...

[@peteborg8821]

What d you expect from FRENCH.

[@Patrick-xm9hp]

Main problem, before 1990 when dicovered by 2 Swiss divers, there were no drawings in the cave, it's once again an imposture, especially the drawings of the hands...really pitiful

[@cooter3690]

If nature is going to destroy it anyways then they might as well open it up to divers. Why let the precious time it has go to waste? Only us humans can appreciate what the is cave is anyways. The fish don’t care. Just make the trips down there small and guided to keep it safe.

[@xenatwp]

The "climate change" warning at the end of the video was pretty amusing. If it wasn't for the Holocene glacial melt (climate change) the cave wouldn't have flooded in the first place. Also, if the sea level was 100 meters lower 27000 years ago, then any older civilizations would be completely removed from the archeological record.

[@KingDye]

🤔🤔🤔

[@rickoramasldu2001]

Why spend 24 million dollars in a replica when you can spend that in better things

[@desertor7677]

spanish

[@DavidTrejoG]

so true

[@yaytub]

The entrance to the cave was once at ground level. Four-fifths of the cave is flooded, as the glaciers melt - putting it 100 meters underwater. Now the narrator says climate change, cow burps and holiday flights are going to finish it off. You can't change s¿?¿? ¿?d

[@keithc1234]

it's amazing to think that god put these paintings here as a test

[@19Edurne]

Even more amazing... he lets it be filled by the sea now. What a prankster!

[@iamatomiczombie]

Yes, soon it’ll be gone forever! No, you can’t go look at it before that happens!

[@V1PER7964]

Gotta throw a climate change bit in there of course... lol

[@dronesouth9098]

I knew it was coming

[@BoroBootBoy]

How will 'climate change' affect the cave? The entrance is already inder water so what will change that could affect it?

[@leejonesAngling]

Wow it's as if the climate is always changing weird or what 😝

[@xx7legion7xx99]

Sea levels rising so fast thst millionaires and billionaires are buying up all the water front property and building multi million dollar houses. 😂