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    Cave of Forgotten Dreams On December 1994, a cave located at the entrance to the Ardèche department of southern France, was accidentally discovered. It contains the oldest collection of cave paintings in the world. The cave was named Chauvet Cave after its leading discoverer Jean-Marie Chauvet (Herzog, 2010). Since then, scientists have worked hard to know more about this cave and its paintings. Only a small group of scientists were allowed to enter Chauvet Cave (Herzog, 2010). At first glance, the cave paintings looked as if they were perfectly preserved which made them seem relatively recent and fresh. However, that was actually due to the rock slide that had sealed the original entrance of the cave for around twenty thousand years ago creating a perfect time capsule. Scientists determined the age of the cave based on radiocarbon dates taken from tiny pieces of paintings from the walls. The results show that the artworks were made around 32,000 years ago which makes them the oldest and almost twice the age of any paintings ever discovered (Herzog, 2010). Furthermore, there is a layer of calcite and concretions over some paintings that take thousands of years to grow. Archeologists consider…

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    The Cave of Forgotten Dreams is one of the oldest caves of all time. In fact, it is determined that the cave existed for about 30,000-33,000 years (Herzog, 2010). In 1994, a small group of French scientist lead by Jean-Marie Chauvet discovered the cave, and when the French government realized how precious it was, they shut off the access to it (Herzog, 2010). However, Werner Herzog a documentary filmmaker got permission to access the cave. He believed that the Chauvet Cave contains most of the…

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    The cave of Chauvet may be the most important discovery of cave work ever. Some historians believe that the Cave may possibly some of the oldest cave art know to the world. The cave is very beautiful and historical and it is very important to the study of cave art. The cave was discover on the eighteenth of December, Nineteen Ninety Four. The cave was accidently discovered when Jean-Marie Chauvet and his two other speleologists friends were wondering around the Ardèche Valley, in southern…

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    In September,1985 a professional diver named Henri Cosquer made an amazing discovery. He had discovered a cave. At Ardeche department, on the Mediterranean coast, close to the mouth of the Rhone River miles from Marseilles. The cave was discovered by accident. After Cosquer discovered the cave, he made the amazing cave a secret, however ,he went back several times. One day when Henri went with a group of divers to the cave Henri discovered the paintings. So he decided to contact an…

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    6)“Many predatory animals, such as cave lions, panthers, bears, and cave hyenas.” Without a doubt, it was a predominant organizational pattern that the author chooses to use to provide a list of examples.In this particular case, there were transitional words like—such as and appears to, that are key words when making a list. Last but not least, the author use the Compare/Contrast organizational pattern, to show ideas that were alike or even different.It was easy to spot key words such…

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    Papillon written by Henri Charriere was published in 1969. The book is a memoir and autobiography about the life of Charriere in prison and his multiple attempts at escape. Papillon finds himself in court waiting for his trial on the account of a murder of a “pimp and stool pigeon”. Although his attorney assured him that there was no real evidence, he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. Henri Charrière, or commonly known as Papillon, was born on November 16th 1968 in…

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