Director’s Diary: France and Germany
When I stood in the dimly lit overhang at Abri de Cap Blanc in the Dordogne region of France and my eyes beheld the carved horse in sandstone (15,000ya) I was reminded that the capabilities to imagine and create lie deep in our species’ DNA.
Deadline to Register for Tour of France Approaches!
For many years The Leakey Foundation has been leading tours to some of the most fascinating and significant archaeological and anthropological sites in the world, and 2016 will be no different! We are offering Leakey Foundation Fellows the opportunity to take a journey to France.
2016 Trip to France
This eight-day tour includes visits to three world-class museums and ten famous prehistoric sites. You will be joined by luminaries including rock art expert Jean Clottes, archaeologist Harold Dibble, the Curator of Lascaux Muriel Mauriac, and artist Elisabeth Daynes.
2016 Trip to France
This eight-day tour includes visits to three world-class museums and ten famous prehistoric sites. You will be joined by luminaries including rock art expert Jean Clottes, archaeologist Harold Dibble, the Curator of Lascaux Muriel Mauriac, and artist Elisabeth Daynes.