Special envoy to Marseille
Facing the bay of Marseille, a stone's throw from the Mucem, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, you can't miss the large white letters on the glass facade of the Villa Méditerranée: “Cosquer opening 2022”.
On June 4 precisely, the first visitors will discover here the reconstruction of this submerged prehistoric sanctuary.
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The real cave is hidden a little further, in the creeks of Cassis, 37 meters deep under Cape Morgiou.
"33,000 years ago, our ancestors drew and engraved thousands of figures there, including penguins, octopus, seals, aurochs, stencils of hands and mysterious geometric signs,"
says the Marseillais Pedro Lima in a beautiful book * released for the holidays.
This lasted 14,000 years, then, 9,000 years ago, the rise in sea level engulfed the cave three-quarters and plunged it into oblivion. "
It was not until 1985 that this “Lascaux des mers” was discovered by the Cassidian diver Henri Cosquer.
Six years
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